William Hazlitt (registrar)
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William Hazlitt was an English author and translator, best known for his Classical Gazetteer
and for overseeing the posthumous publication and republication of many of the works of his father, the critic William Hazlitt
.
The younger Hazlitt stayed on good terms with both parents despite their separation. As a young man he began to write for the Morning Chronicle
, and in 1833 he married Carolyn Reynell. In 1844 he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple
, and for more than thirty years he held the position of registrar in the court of bankruptcy, from which he retired two years before his death in Addlestone
, Surrey.
Besides the Classical Gazetteer, he wrote legal works such as The Registration of Deeds in England, its Past Progress and Present Position (1851) and A Manual of the Law of Maritime Warfare (1854), and produced many translations, including Michelet's History of the Roman Republic (1847), Table Talk or Familiar Discourse of Martin Luther (1848), Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the Years 1844-5-6 by Evariste Régis Huc (1852), Louis XVII: His Life— His Suffering— His Death: The Captivity of the Royal Family in the Temple, by A. de Beauchesne (1853), Guizot's General History of Civilization in Europe, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution (1857), and the Works of Michael de Montaigne
(1859).
His son, William Carew Hazlitt
, also became a well-known writer.
Hazlitt (Classical Gazetteer)
The Classical Gazetteer is a short descriptive geographical dictionary by William Hazlitt , written in 1851 and containing 15,000 places of Greek and Roman antiquity without citation of primary sources....
and for overseeing the posthumous publication and republication of many of the works of his father, the critic William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt was an English writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, and as a grammarian and philosopher. He is now considered one of the great critics and essayists of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. Yet his work is...
.
The younger Hazlitt stayed on good terms with both parents despite their separation. As a young man he began to write for the Morning Chronicle
Morning Chronicle
The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862. It was most notable for having been the first employer of Charles Dickens, and for publishing the articles by Henry Mayhew which were collected and published in book format in...
, and in 1833 he married Carolyn Reynell. In 1844 he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
, and for more than thirty years he held the position of registrar in the court of bankruptcy, from which he retired two years before his death in Addlestone
Addlestone
Addlestone is a town in the borough of Runnymede in the county of Surrey, England.Immediate surrounding towns and villages include Weybridge, Ottershaw, Chertsey, and New Haw. It is near Junction 11 of the M25 motorway and is served by Addlestone railway station on the Chertsey Branch Line. It also...
, Surrey.
Besides the Classical Gazetteer, he wrote legal works such as The Registration of Deeds in England, its Past Progress and Present Position (1851) and A Manual of the Law of Maritime Warfare (1854), and produced many translations, including Michelet's History of the Roman Republic (1847), Table Talk or Familiar Discourse of Martin Luther (1848), Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the Years 1844-5-6 by Evariste Régis Huc (1852), Louis XVII: His Life— His Suffering— His Death: The Captivity of the Royal Family in the Temple, by A. de Beauchesne (1853), Guizot's General History of Civilization in Europe, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution (1857), and the Works of Michael de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
Lord Michel Eyquem de Montaigne , February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592, was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism...
(1859).
His son, William Carew Hazlitt
William Carew Hazlitt
William Carew Hazlitt was an English bibliographer.The son of barrister and registrar William Hazlitt and grandson of essayist and critic William Hazlitt, Hazlitt was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and was called to the bar of the Inner Temple in 1861...
, also became a well-known writer.