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90: 594: 572: 496: 466: 613: 560: 236:. In the first volume are printed synoptically the Corpus Christi, Cambridge, the Bodleian, and the various Cottonian texts, with facsimiles and notes, while in volume two appeared the translation. Four years later, through the support of 173:'s works on old English history, but was deterred. By 1842 he had started another version, with alterations, corrections, and notes of his own; it was published in two volumes in 1845 as 476: 414:
Northern Mythology, comprising the principal popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands ... from original and other sources
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Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, comprising the Laws enacted under the Anglo-Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Canut, with an English Translation
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Anglo-Saxon Version of the Story of Apollonius of Tyre, upon which is founded the play of "Pericles," from a MS., with a Translation and Glossary
108:. Thorpe educated and oppressed his step daughter and she had a troubled relationship and unattributed partnership with him throughout his life. 217:, with parallel prose translation, notes, glossary, and indexes. He had planned this work as early as 1830, and his text was collated with the 74: 332:
Thomas Seccombe, ‘Thorpe, Benjamin (1781/2–1870)’, rev. John D. Haigh, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
439:(605–1066), containing Miscellaneous Charters, Wills, Guilds, Manumissions, and Aquittances, with a translation of the Anglo-Saxon’ (London). 516: 402:
Florentii Wigornensis monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis ab adventu Hengesti ... usque ad annum mcxvii, cui accesserunt continuationes duæ
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Libri Psalmorum Versio antiqua Latina; cum Paraphrasi Anglo-Saxonica ... nunc primum e cod. MS. in Bibl. Regia Parisiensi adservato
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Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the Holy Scriptures in Anglo-Saxon; with an English Translation, Notes, and a Verbal Index
706: 104:(a second edition of this appeared at London). That same year he moved to London with his new wife Mary Otte and her daughter 696: 686: 656: 77:, a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Munich, and of the Society of Netherlandish Literature at Leyden He died at 691: 681: 666: 564: 485: 318: 357:
Analecta Anglo-Saxonica: a selection in prose and verse from Anglo-Saxon authors of various ages, with a Glossary
197: 66:, Thorpe returned to England in 1830. In a few years he established a reputation as an Anglo-Saxon scholar. 676: 312: 576: 237: 170: 20: 626: 451:, with a mythological index and an index of persons and places, issued in two parts (London). 182: 63: 56: 646: 641: 222: 124: 30: 571: 449:
Edda Sæmundar Hinns Frôða: the Edda of Sæmund the Learned, from the old Norse or Icelandic
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Based on Cod. Bibl. Pub. Cant. li. 2, 11, collated with Cod. C. C. C. Cambr., s. 4, 140.
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Codex Exoniensis, a Collection of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, with English Translation and Notes
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of £160 in 1835, and on 17 June 1841 this was increased to £200 per annum. He was a
598: 532: 544: 585: 536: 333: 49: 225:'s; the scorched edges of the manuscript suffered further shortly afterwards. 635: 520:. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 881–882. 507: 502: 470: 105: 229: 218: 166:,' with an English version, published in ten parts between 1843 and 1846. 276:
Perfecting the World: The life and times of Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, 1798–1866
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In 1830 Thorpe brought out at Copenhagen an English version of Rask's
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Diplomatarium Anglicum Ævi Saxonici: a Collection of English Charters
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Yule Tide Stories: a collection of Scandinavian Tales and Traditions
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Seccombe, Thomas; Haigh, John D. "Thorpe, Benjamin (1781/2–1870)".
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
213: 206: 192:(1851) with notes and illustrations. It was followed in 1853 by 559: 234:
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, according to the several Authorities
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In recognition of unremunerative work, Thorpe was granted a
146:(1840). Two more volumes were published by Thorpe in 1842, 177:. It was followed eventually by a version of Lappenberg's 115:, which was well reviewed. It was followed in 1834 by the 244:, Thorpe was able to publish his supplement to Kemble's 117:
Anglo-Saxon Version of the Story of Apollonius of Tyre
281: 404:, collated and edited with English notes (London). 633: 627:Brief entry on Thorpe in Notes and Queries, 1898 188:For the publisher Edward Lumley Thorpe produced 175:A History of England under the Anglo-Saxon Kings 44:In the early 1820s he worked as a banker in the 29:(1782 – 19 July 1870) was an English scholar of 702:Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London 19:For the Canadian Archdeacon of St Andrews, see 489:. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 75:Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London 200:. For the same library he translated in 1854 158:with English translation. Next came, for the 531:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 123:, a textbook which was adopted at Oxford by 322:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 169:In 1834 Thorpe had begun a translation of 524: 179:History of England under the Norman Kings 506: 474: 287: 88: 528:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 204:, with Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of 181:(1857). Thorpe's two-volume edition of 634: 164:The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church 144:Ancient Laws and Institutes of England 94:Ancient laws and institutes of England 306: 304: 302: 300: 298: 296: 140:Libri Psalmorum Versio antiqua Latina 52:, who treated him for tuberculosis. 274:Amalie M. Kass and Edward H. Kass, 13: 293: 252:in 1866, was a translation of the 14: 723: 595:Works by or about Benjamin Thorpe 552: 154:, an edition of the poems in the 55:After studying for four years at 712:19th-century English translators 611: 570: 558: 494: 486:Dictionary of National Biography 464: 319:Dictionary of National Biography 202:Pauli's Life of Alfred the Great 672:19th-century English historians 662:Historians of the British Isles 652:University of Copenhagen alumni 442: 430: 419: 407: 395: 246:Codex Diplomaticus ævi Saxonici 148:The Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon 111:In 1832 he published at London 84: 707:Translators of the Poetic Edda 386: 374: 362: 359:(Oxford, 1834, 1846 and 1868). 350: 338: 326: 268: 228:In 1861 Thorpe edited for the 1: 261: 697:Writers on Germanic paganism 687:Translators from Old English 657:Anglo-Saxon studies scholars 545:UK public library membership 210:. In 1855 appeared Thorpe's 39: 7: 610:(public domain audiobooks) 248:. His final work, done for 10: 728: 692:Translators from Old Norse 475:Seccombe, Thomas (1898). " 198:Bohn's Antiquarian Library 18: 682:Germanic studies scholars 138:In 1835 Thorpe published 48:, in Paris. There he met 667:British textbook writers 604:Works by Benjamin Thorpe 586:Works by Benjamin Thorpe 313:"Thorpe, Benjamin"  171:Johann Martin Lappenberg 131:was used, with Vernon's 21:Benjamin Thorpe (priest) 620:Analecta Anglo-Saxonica 517:Encyclopædia Britannica 185:was issued in 1848–49. 121:Analecta Anglo-Saxonica 537:10.1093/ref:odnb/27375 97: 212:Anglo-Saxon Poems of 183:Florence of Worcester 92: 64:Rasmus Christian Rask 57:Copenhagen University 567:at Wikimedia Commons 334:accessed 17 Feb 2015 223:John Mitchell Kemble 125:Robert Meadows White 677:English translators 102:Anglo-Saxon Grammar 59:, under the Danish 46:House of Rothschild 575:Works by or about 278:(1988), pp. 101–3. 196:which appeared in 190:Northern Mythology 98: 71:civil list pension 590:Project Gutenberg 563:Media related to 543:(Subscription or 416:(London, 3 vols.) 194:Yule Tide Stories 133:Anglo-Saxon Guide 719: 615: 614: 599:Internet Archive 574: 562: 548: 540: 521: 512:Thorpe, Benjamin 500: 498: 497: 490: 477:Thorpe, Benjamin 468: 467: 452: 446: 440: 434: 428: 423: 417: 411: 405: 399: 393: 390: 384: 378: 372: 366: 360: 354: 348: 342: 336: 330: 324: 323: 315: 308: 291: 285: 279: 272: 135:, for 40 years. 727: 726: 722: 721: 720: 718: 717: 716: 632: 631: 612: 577:Benjamin Thorpe 565:Benjamin Thorpe 555: 542: 510:, ed. (1911). 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Index

Benjamin Thorpe (priest)
Anglo-Saxon
literature
House of Rothschild
Thomas Hodgkin
Copenhagen University
philologist
Rasmus Christian Rask
civil list pension
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Chiswick

Elise Otté
Robert Meadows White
Exeter Book
Ælfric Society
Johann Martin Lappenberg
Florence of Worcester
Bohn's Antiquarian Library
Orosius
Beowulf
Cottonian MS
John Mitchell Kemble
Rolls Series
Joseph Mayer
Liverpool
Trübner
Elder Edda
Chisholm 1911

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