Anthony Blackwall
Encyclopedia
The Reverend Anthony Blackwall (baptized Kirk Ireton
, Derbyshire
, 17 July 1672, died Market Bosworth
8 April 1730), was an English
classical scholar and schoolmaster.
, Derbyshire
. He was educated at Derby School
and Emmanuel College, Cambridge
, graduating BA in 1695 and MA in 1698.
, and lecturer of All Saints' Church, Derby
.
He was Vicar of Elvaston
, Derbyshire, from 1699 until 1723.
In 1706, he published an edition of the verse of the Greek
poet Theognis
, with a translation into Latin
. His next book, An Introduction to the Classics (1718), was written for schoolboys and had numerous editions. It was revised by William Mavor as Blackwall's Introduction to the Classics in 1809.
In 1722, he became headmaster of the Grammar School at Market Bosworth
, Leicestershire
, and enlarged it.
He was Rector of Clapham
from 1726 until his death.
At both his schools Blackwall taught from his own Latin grammar, which he eventually published anonymously in 1728 as A new Latin Grammar: being a short, clear, and easy introduction of young scholars to the knowledge of the Latin tongue.
Blackwall's last work was The Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated, or, An essay humbly offered towards proving the purity, propriety, and true eloquence of the writers of the New Testament (1725).
at Stoke Golding
, William (born about 1708), who died young, and Mary, who married John Pickering on 20 September 1733.
Kirk Ireton
Kirk Ireton is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located 4 miles south of Wirksworth nestling on a hillside, 700ft above sea level. Ireton is a corruption of Hyre-Tun in the Saxon and means 'The Irishman's Enclosure'. 'Kirk' was added after the Norman invasion and the building of the church...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
, 17 July 1672, died Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth is a small market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It formerly formed a district known as the Market Bosworth Rural District. In 1974 it merged with the Hinckley Rural District to form a new district named Hinckley and Bosworth...
8 April 1730), was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
classical scholar and schoolmaster.
Early life
Blackwall was the son of another Anthony Blackwall, of Blackwall, a hamlet of Kirk IretonKirk Ireton
Kirk Ireton is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located 4 miles south of Wirksworth nestling on a hillside, 700ft above sea level. Ireton is a corruption of Hyre-Tun in the Saxon and means 'The Irishman's Enclosure'. 'Kirk' was added after the Norman invasion and the building of the church...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
. He was educated at Derby School
Derby School
Derby School was a school in Derby in the English Midlands from 1160 to 1989. It had an almost continuous history of education of over eight centuries. For most of that time it was a grammar school for boys. The school became co-educational and comprehensive in 1974 and was closed in 1989...
and Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
, graduating BA in 1695 and MA in 1698.
Career
In 1697, he was appointed headmaster of his old school, DerbyDerby School
Derby School was a school in Derby in the English Midlands from 1160 to 1989. It had an almost continuous history of education of over eight centuries. For most of that time it was a grammar school for boys. The school became co-educational and comprehensive in 1974 and was closed in 1989...
, and lecturer of All Saints' Church, Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
.
He was Vicar of Elvaston
Elvaston, Derbyshire
Elvaston is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The parish also includes two other hamlets, Ambaston and Thulston, and a recently built housing estate Boulton Moor...
, Derbyshire, from 1699 until 1723.
In 1706, he published an edition of the verse of the Greek
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
poet Theognis
Theognis
Theognis was a member of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens . Lysias was able to escape from the house of Damnippus, where Theognis was guarding other aristocrats rounded up by the Thirty....
, with a translation into Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
. His next book, An Introduction to the Classics (1718), was written for schoolboys and had numerous editions. It was revised by William Mavor as Blackwall's Introduction to the Classics in 1809.
In 1722, he became headmaster of the Grammar School at Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth is a small market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It formerly formed a district known as the Market Bosworth Rural District. In 1974 it merged with the Hinckley Rural District to form a new district named Hinckley and Bosworth...
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, and enlarged it.
He was Rector of Clapham
Clapham
Clapham is a district in south London, England, within the London Borough of Lambeth.Clapham covers the postcodes of SW4 and parts of SW9, SW8 and SW12. Clapham Common is shared with the London Borough of Wandsworth, although Lambeth has responsibility for running the common as a whole. According...
from 1726 until his death.
At both his schools Blackwall taught from his own Latin grammar, which he eventually published anonymously in 1728 as A new Latin Grammar: being a short, clear, and easy introduction of young scholars to the knowledge of the Latin tongue.
Blackwall's last work was The Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated, or, An essay humbly offered towards proving the purity, propriety, and true eloquence of the writers of the New Testament (1725).
Family
Blackwall and his first wife had one son, another Anthony Blackwall, who graduated BA from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1722. With his second wife, the widow of the Reverend Thomas Cantrell (1649–1698), there were four more sons and a daughter: Henry (died 1728), fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Robert (born 1704), a dragoon, John (baptized 1707, died 1762), an attorneyLawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
at Stoke Golding
Stoke Golding
Stoke Golding is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, which lies in the heart of England, in South West Leicestershire, close to the Warwickshire county border. According to the 2001 census the total population was 1,721, living in just over...
, William (born about 1708), who died young, and Mary, who married John Pickering on 20 September 1733.