Who was Edward Fitzgerald?
Translator.
Date and Place of Birth:
31st March 1809, Bredfield, Near Woodbridge,
Suffolk, England
Family Background:
Third son of John Purcell who, in 1818, took
his wife's name and Coat of Arms on the death of her father.
Education:
King Edward the Sixth Grammar School, Bury St.
Edmunds, Suffolk. Trinity College, Cambridge. Met his lifelong friend
Thackeray and also Thomas Carlyle
and Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Chronology/Biography of Edward Fitzgerald:
1860: The "Rubaiyat"
was discovered by D.G. Rosetti and Swinburne
and became a tremendous and influential success.
Written Works:
- 1851: "Euphranor:
A Dialogue of Youth".
- 1852: "Polonius:
A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern Instances.
- 1853: "Six
Dramas of Pedro Caulderon" (Translations from the Spanish).
- 1859: "The
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam". (Translation form the Persian).
Marriage:
Never married.
Places of Interest:
SUFFOLK:
Woodbridge Museum, 5a Market Hill, Woodbridge,
Suffolk, IP12 4LP.
Date and Place of Death:
14th July 1883, Merton, Norfolk, England.
Age at Death:
73.
Site of Grave:
St. Michael’s Church, Boulge, Suffolk.
England.
