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Archibald Colquhoun (artist)
Archibald Colquhoun may refer to: * Archibald Colquhoun (politician), Scottish politician and lawyer * Archibald Colquhoun (translator) Archibald Colquhoun (1912–1964) was a leading translator of modern Italian literature into English. He studied at Ampleforth College, Oxford University, and the Royal College of Art. Originally a painter, he worked as director of the British Ins ..., translator of modern Italian literature into English * Archibald R. Colquhoun, British explorer {{hndis, Colquhoun, Archibald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Colquhoun (politician)
Archibald Campbell Colquhoun (8 September 1756 – 8 December 1820) was a Scottish politician and lawyer from Glasgow. Life He was born in Glasgow in 1756, the only son of John Campbell of Clathick, Perthshire, Lord Provost of Glasgow 1788/90, and Agnes Colquhoun, the only child of Laurence Colquhoun of Killermont, Dumbartonshire. On succeeding to the estate of Killermont upon the death of his father in 1804, he assumed the additional surname and arms of Colquhoun. He was admitted an advocate in 1768 and appointed Sheriff of Perth from 1793 to 1807 and rector of Glasgow University from 1807 to 1809. On the downfall of the ministry of All the Talents, he was appointed Lord Advocate on 28 March 1807. At this time, most of the Scotch patronage was in the hands of the Dundas family, and William Erskine, Alexander Maconochie. and Henry Cockburn were actually chosen deputes by Lord Melville before Colquhoun had received the appointment. In the following May, he was returned as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Colquhoun (translator)
Archibald Colquhoun (1912–1964) was a leading translator of modern Italian literature into English. He studied at Ampleforth College, Oxford University, and the Royal College of Art. Originally a painter, he worked as director of the British Institute in Naples before the Second World War, and in Seville after the war. He worked in British intelligence during wartime. He later headed Oxford University Press' initiative to bring out Italian literary classics in translation. He scored his biggest success with Lampedusa's ''The Leopard'', a translation that is still in print. He was also one of the first translators to introduce Italo Calvino to Anglophone readers. He was the first winner of the PEN Translation Prize, which he won for his translation of Federico de Roberto's ''The Viceroys''. He also wrote a biography of Alessandro Manzoni. According to Robin Healey's ''Twentieth-century Italian Literature in English Translation'', Colquhoun was one of the top 10 translators of Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |