Charles Boileau Elliott (1803–1875) was an English travel writer. He published 3 travel diaries in his lifetime. His best known works are ''Letters from the North of Europe'', ''Travels in the Three Great Empires'', and ''Travels in the Archipelago.'' All 3 books provide a unique historical account of life in those areas during the mid 1800s just prior to the wars and industrial achievements that would be coming later in the 20th century.

Life

Elliott was educated at

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and

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. He spent some time working for the

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. He matriculated at

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in 1829, graduating B.A. in 1833, and M.A. in 1837. He became vicar of

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in 1833, and rector of

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in 1838. During the writing of his most famous work, ''Travels in the Three Great Empires'', he wrote extensively about the political, social, and economic conditions of the day in what is now Austria, Russia, Hungary, Prague, Slovenia, Crimea, Macedonia and Turkey.

Family

His daughters married: *Alicia Eling, in 1862 to John Brettle Cane in the British Legation,

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in 1862 *Isabel Maria, in 1869, to Mackworth Young, dying in 1870; *Emily Eugenia, in 1863, to John Barton; *Harriot Mary, in 1881, to

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. *Helen Elizabeth, in 1891, to Francis Samuel Paynter, rector of All Saints' Church,

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Works

*''Letters from the North of Europe'' (1832) *''Travels in the Three Great Empires of Austria, Russia, and Turkey'' (1838) *''Travels in the Archipelago'' (1840)

References

External links

Travels In The Three Great Empires of Austria, Russia, and Turkey
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Charles Boileau 1803 births 1875 deaths People educated at Harrow School People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests English travel writers Fellows of the Royal Society