13-1236: [REDACTED] Look up Swanwick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swanwick may refer to: Swanwick, Derbyshire , a village in England Swanwick, Hampshire , a village in England Swanwick, Illinois , United States Swanwick, Missouri , United States Persons with the surname [ edit ] Anna Swanwick (1813–1899), English author and feminist Chris Swanwick (born 1993), British racing car driver Frederick Swanwick (1810–1885), English civil engineer Frederick ffoulkes Swanwick (died 1913), Australian politician Graham Swanwick (1906–2003), British judge Helena Swanwick (1864–1939), British feminist and pacifist James Swanwick (born 1975), Australian-American investor and television host John Swanwick (1740–1798), American poet and politician Michael Swanwick (born 1950), American science fiction author Peter Swanwick (1912–1968), British actor Peter Swanwick (cricketer) (born 1945), English cricketer See also [ edit ] Lower Swanwick Topics referred to by
26-514: A volume of translations from Goethe containing the first part of Faust , Egmont , and the two plays of the former volume. The translations are in blank verse. In 1878, she published the second part of Faust ; the two parts with Moritz Retzsch 's illustrations appeared together in one volume the same year. Miss Swanwick's Faust passed through many editions and was included in Bohn's series of translations from foreign classics. Her English version
39-546: Is accurate and spirited, and is regarded as one of the best in existence. About 1850, Bunsen advised her to try her hand at translating from the Greek , with the result that in 1865 she published a blank-verse translation of the Trilogy of Aeschylus , and in 1873 of the whole of his dramas. The choruses are in rhymed metres. Her translation has passed through many editions and ranks high among English versions. It keeps fairly close to
52-454: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Swanwick [REDACTED] Look up Swanwick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swanwick may refer to: Swanwick, Derbyshire , a village in England Swanwick, Hampshire , a village in England Swanwick, Illinois , United States Swanwick, Missouri , United States Persons with
65-489: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Anna Swanwick Anna Swanwick (22 June 1813 – 2 November 1899) was an English author and feminist . Anna Swanwick was the youngest daughter of John Swanwick and his wife, Hannah Hilditch. She was born in Liverpool on 22 June 1813. The Swanwicks descended from Philip Henry, the 17th century nonconformist divine. Anna
78-488: The King's College lectures to women. To all these institutions she subscribed liberally. She was associated with Anthony John Mundella and Sir Joshua Girling Fitch in carrying out the provisions of the will of Mrs. Emily Jane Pfeiffer , who left in 1890 large sums of money for the promotion of the higher education of women. She strongly advocated the study of English literature in the universities, and herself lectured privately on
91-403: The honorary degree of LL.D. She was a Unitarian . Miss Swanwick was the centre of a large circle of distinguished friends, who included Crabb Robinson , Tennyson , Browning, Gladstone, James Martineau , and Sir James Paget , and these, with many others, were frequent visitors at her house. Her marvellous memory made her a delightful talker, and she was full of anecdotes in her later years about
104-481: The original. Miss Swanwick did not confine herself to literary work. She took a keen interest in many social issues of the day, especially women's education, and in raising the moral and intellectual tone of the working classes. She was a member of the councils both of Queen's College and Bedford College, London , and was for some time president of the latter. She assisted in the founding of Girton College, Cambridge , and Somerville Hall , Oxford, and in extending
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130-504: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Swanwick . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swanwick&oldid=1061227424 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
143-450: The subject to young working men and women. Miss Swanwick's life was thus divided between literary pursuits and active philanthropy. She never sought publicity, but her example and influence had an important and invigorating effect on women's education and on their position in the community. She signed John Stuart Mill 's petition to parliament in 1865 for the political enfranchisement of women . The University of Aberdeen conferred on her
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#1732851809305156-788: The surname [ edit ] Anna Swanwick (1813–1899), English author and feminist Chris Swanwick (born 1993), British racing car driver Frederick Swanwick (1810–1885), English civil engineer Frederick ffoulkes Swanwick (died 1913), Australian politician Graham Swanwick (1906–2003), British judge Helena Swanwick (1864–1939), British feminist and pacifist James Swanwick (born 1975), Australian-American investor and television host John Swanwick (1740–1798), American poet and politician Michael Swanwick (born 1950), American science fiction author Peter Swanwick (1912–1968), British actor Peter Swanwick (cricketer) (born 1945), English cricketer See also [ edit ] Lower Swanwick Topics referred to by
169-703: Was educated chiefly at home, but, wishing to carry on her education beyond the typical age for girls in this country at that time, she went in 1839 to Berlin, where she studied German and Greek , and gained knowledge of Hebrew . She returned to England in 1843 and began translating some of the German dramatists. Her first publication, Selections from the Dramas of Goethe and Schiller appeared in 1843. The selections included Goethe 's Torquato Tasso and Iphigenia in Tauris , and Schiller 's Maid of Orleans . In 1850, she released
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