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The Letters of Peter le Page Renouf (1822-1897): Pembroke College, Oxford (1840-42);St Mary's College, Oscott (1842-46)
Peter Le Page Renouf
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Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as "the most learned Englishman I know". The remarkable collection of his surviving letters covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford, his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. The letters in volume one cover the early years of Renouf's life, including his time as an undergraduate at Oxford, and as a tutor at Oscott. They include much colourful chitchat ... Read more
Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as "the most learned Englishman I know". The remarkable collection of his surviving letters covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford, his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. The letters in volume one cover the early years of Renouf's life, including his time as an undergraduate at Oxford, and as a tutor at Oscott. They include much colourful chitchat ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781900621656
SKU
V9781900621656
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Reviews for The Letters of Peter le Page Renouf (1822-1897): Pembroke College, Oxford (1840-42);St Mary's College, Oscott (1842-46)
"Professor Cathcart has edited this volume of letters with meticulous care, supplying exact and illuminating explanatory notes and providing a very useful set of biographies of people mentioned in the correspondence. There is an excellent index and the standard of production by the University College Dublin Press is faultless. The next three volumes are eagerly awaited." V. Alan McClelland ... Read more