温斯洛普·麦克沃斯·普瑞德传记

诗人的传记

温斯洛普·麦克沃斯·普瑞德(1802年7月28日- 1839年7月15日)，英国政治家和诗人。他出生在伦敦。普瑞德的姓氏源于诗人曾祖父与康沃尔郡一位女继承人的婚姻。温斯洛普的父亲威廉·麦克沃斯·普瑞德是一名法律官。他的母亲属于新英格兰温斯洛普家族的英国分支。1814年，普雷德被送到伊顿公学，在那里他创办了一本手稿期刊，名为《api matina》。1820年10月，由普瑞德和沃尔特·布朗特策划和编辑的《伊顿公学》接替了这一职位，该报每月出版一期，直到1821年7月，主编离开伊顿公学，在他的稿子上署名“佩蕾·考特尼”。亨利·纳尔逊·柯勒律治、威廉·西德尼·沃克和约翰·莫尔特里是查尔斯·奈特出版的《伊顿公学》期刊中最著名的三位合作者，奈特的《自传》和麦克斯韦·莱特的《伊顿公学》中有详细介绍。在普瑞德离开学校之前，他在伊顿公学开设了一家书店，建立了一个“男孩图书馆”，这些书后来被合并到学校图书馆里。他在剑桥三一学院的职业生涯非常辉煌。 He gained the Browne medal for Greek verse four times, and the Chancellor's Gold Medal for English verse twice in 1823 and 1824.He was bracketed third in the classical tripos in 1825, won a fellowship at his college in 1827, and three years later carried off the Seatonian prize. At the Union his speeches were rivalled only by those of Macaulay and of Charles Austin, who subsequently made a great reputation at the parliamentary bar. The character of Praed during his university life is described by Bulwer Lytton in the first volume of his Life. His poems were first edited by R. W. Griswold (New York, 1844); another American edition, by W. A. Whitmore, appeared in 1859; an authorized edition with a memoir by Derwent Coleridge appeared in 1864: The Political and Occasional Poems of W. M. Praed (1888), edited with notes by his nephew, Sir George Young, included many pieces collected from various newspapers and periodicals. Sir George Young separated from his work some poems, the work of his friend Edward FitzGerald, generally confused with his. Praed's essays, contributed to various magazines, were published in Morley's Universal Library in 1887. Praed was not only successful at Eton during his lifetime, but a society still exists that bears his name. The "Praed" society is the poetry society currently existing at Eton. It occurs at a Beak's House, the current beak being The Head of English, Mr Francis, and is exclusive even at the school, where membership and attendance can only occur if one is spotted and invited. It is not surprising therefore, that it is little known and has not been referred to, although it will appear in the school's official list of societies in Fixtures.