Palgrave, Francis Turner |
| ART CRITIC, POET, ANTHOLOGIST (GREAT BRITAIN) |
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BORN 28 Sep 1824, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - DIED 24 Oct 1897, London GRAVE LOCATION London: Barnes Old Cemetery, Off Rocks Lane, Barnes |
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Francis Turner Palgrave was the son of the historian Sir Francis Palgrave (1788-1961) and his wife Elizaberh, the daughter of the banker Dawson Turner (1775-1858). He travelled on the continent extensively before he obtained a scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford in 1843. He interrupted his studies to work as assistant private secretary for William Gladstone in 1846. From 1847 to 1862 he was fellow of Exeter College. In 1849 he started working at the Education Department at Whitehall. In 1850 he also became vice-principal of Kneller Hall Training College at Twickenham, where his friend Frederick Temple was Principal. There he met Alfred Tennyson, who became a lifelong friend. In 1862 he married Cecil Grenville Milnes, the daughter of James Milnes-Gaskell, a friend of William Gladstone. Gladstone and Tennyson attended the wedding. They had a daughter, Gwenlillian Florence (1867-1941). Palgrave worked at the Education Department until his resignation in 1884. In 1885 he became professor of poetry at Oxford University. He also continued his work as art critic for the Saturday Review. As a critic, he published "Visions of England" (1880-1881). In 1897 "Landscape in Poetry" was published. He died in the same year. |
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 The grave of Francis Turner Palgrave at Barnes Old Cemetery, London. Picture by Androom (15 Apr 2024) |
 The grave of Francis Turner Palgrave at Barnes Old Cemetery, London. Picture by Androom (15 Apr 2024) |
Sources • Browning, D.C. (editor), Dictionary of Literary biography, Dent, London, 1958 • Greenwood, Peter, Who's buried where in England, Constable, London, 1982 • Francis Turner Palgrave - Wikipedia (EN) |
