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MARTIN
(Sir Theodore, 1816-1909, Parliamentary Solicitor, Verse Writer, Translator, Biographer of Prince Albert)
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Anna Swanwick , (1813-1899),
saying You can judge of the difficulties of translation, sending his version of Schiller's 'Gods of Greece', one of the most difficult I have rendered into English, and hoping the original has not suffered greatly in my hands, 1 side 8vo., 31 Onslow Square, S.W., 2nd March
Item Date: 1893
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Sir Theodore's translations included plays for his wife, the Shakespearean actress Helen Faucit (1816-1898). Anna Swanwick was a famous translator of Goethe and Aeschylus. She helped found Queen's College, Bedford College (of which she was principal), Somerville and Girton.
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