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{{Short description|English poet and translator (1872–1951)}}
⚫ '''Robert Calverl(e)y Trevelyan''' (28 June 1872 – 21 March 1951) was an English poet and translator, of a traditionalist sort, and a follower of the lapidary style of ].
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⚫ '''Robert Calverl(e)y Trevelyan''' ({{IPAc-en|t|r|ɪ|ˈ|v|ɛ|l|j|ən|,_|-|ˈ|v|ɪ|l|-}}; 28 June 1872 – 21 March 1951) was an English poet and translator, of a traditionalist sort, and a follower of the ] of ].


==Life== ==Life==
Trevelyan was the second son of ] and his wife Caroline ''née'' Philips, who was the daughter of ] MP,<ref name="britannica-1911">{{cite web Trevelyan was the second son of ], and his wife Caroline ''née'' Philips, who was the daughter of ] MP,<ref name="britannica-1911">{{cite EB1911|wstitle= Trevelyan, Sir George Otto |volume= 27 | page = 255 }}</ref> a Liberal ] and textile merchant from Lancashire. Trevelyan was the brother of ], and of the historian ].
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|title=Sir George Otto, Bart Trevelyan
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|accessdate=24 July 2010}}</ref> a Liberal ] and textile merchant from Lancashire. Trevelyan was the brother of ], and the historian ].


He was born in ], and educated at ]. From 1891 to 1895 he studied at ],<ref>{{Venn|id=TRVN891RC|name=Trevelyan, Robert Calverley}}</ref> being one of the ]. He studied classics and then law; his father wanted him to follow a career as a ], but his ambition was to be a poet.<ref>William C. Lubenow, ''The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life'' (1998), p. 178.</ref> He was born in ] and educated at ] (where he was known as "the Dodo" and was a particular friend of ]),<ref>], ''Fate Has Been Kind'' (1943), p. 20</ref> then at ]. From 1891 to 1895 he studied at ],<ref name="acad">{{acad|id=TRVN891RC|name=Trevelyan, Robert Calverley}}</ref> where he became one of the ]. He studied Classics and then law; his father wanted him to follow a career as a ], but his ambition was to be a poet.<ref>], ''The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life'' (1998), p. 178</ref>


Described as a "rumpled, eccentric poet", and sometimes considered a rather ineffectual person, he was close to the ], who called him 'Bob Trevy'.<ref>Nicola Beauman, ''Morgan: A biography of E. M. Forster'' (1993), p. 116.</ref> He had a wide further range of social connections: ] from 1905;<ref>John McCormick, ''George Santayana: A Biography'' (2003), p. 114.</ref> ];<ref>http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/rose/life.html</ref><ref>Vivien Noakes, ''The Poems and Plays of Isaac Rosenberg: A Critical Edition'' (2004), p. xliv.</ref> ]; ]; ] with whom he and ] travelled to ] in 1912.<ref>E. M. Forster, ''Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson'' (1962 edition), p. 135.</ref> His ] principles extended to sheltering ] during ]. Described as a "rumpled, eccentric poet", and sometimes considered a rather ineffectual person, he was close to the ], who called him 'Bob Trevy'.<ref>Nicola Beauman, ''Morgan: A biography of E. M. Forster'' (1993), p. 116.</ref> He had a wide further range of social connections: ] from 1905;<ref>John McCormick, ''George Santayana: A Biography'' (2003), p. 114.</ref> ];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/rose/life.html|title = Support teaching and learning}}</ref><ref>Vivien Noakes, ''The Poems and Plays of Isaac Rosenberg: A Critical Edition'' (2004), p. xliv.</ref> ]; ]; ]; ] with whom he and ] travelled to ] in 1912.<ref>E. M. Forster, ''Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson'' (1962 edition), p. 135.</ref> His ] principles extended to sheltering ], "on the run" as a ] during ]; when he became liable to ] by the raising of the maximum age in 1918, he volunteered for the Friends' War Victims Relief Service, serving in ], August 1918 to March 1919.<ref>Index of FEWVRC workers, 1914–23, , London</ref>


He married the Dutch musician Elizabeth van der Hoeven; the artist ] was their son. Trevelyan married in 1900 the Dutch musician Elizabeth van der Hoeven;<ref name="acad"/> the artist ] was their son.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=39970|first=Mel|last=Gooding|title=Trevelyan, Julian Otto (1910–1988)}}</ref>


==Works== ==Works==
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==List of works== ==List of works==
*Mallow and Asphodel (1898) poems * ''Mallow and Asphodel'' (1898) poems
*Polyphemus and Other Poems (1901) * ''Polyphemus and Other Poems'' (1901)
*Sisyphus: An Operatic Fable. (1908) * ''Sisyphus: An Operatic Fable'' (1908)
*The Bride of Dionysus a music-Drama and Other Poems (1912) * (1912)
*The New Parsifal: An Operatic Fable (1914) * ''The New Parsifal: An Operatic Fable'' (1914)
*The Foolishness of Solomon (1915) * ''The Foolishness of Solomon'' (1915)
*The Pterodamozels: An Operatic Fable. (1916) * ''The Pterodamozels: An Operatic Fable'' (1916)
*The Death of Man (1919) poems * ''The Death of Man'' (1919) poems
*Translations from Lucretius (1920) * ''Translations from Lucretius'' (1920)
*The Oresteia of Aeschylus (1922) translator * ''The Oresteia of Aeschylus'' (1922) translator
*The Antigone of Sophocles (1924) translator * ''The Antigone of Sophocles'' (1924) translator
*The Ajax of Sophocles * ''The Ajax of Sophocles''
*The Idylls of Theocritus (1925) translator * ''The Idylls of Theocritus'' (The Casanova Society, 1925) translator
*Poems and Fables (], 1925) * ''Poems and Fables'' (], 1925)
*Thamyris: Is There a Future for Poetry? (1925) polemic * ''Thamyris: Is There a Future for Poetry?'' (1925) polemic
*The Deluge & Other Poems (Hogarth Press, 1926) * ''The Deluge & Other Poems'' (Hogarth Press, 1926)
*Meleager (Hogarth Press, 1927) * ''Meleager'' (Hogarth Press, 1927)
*Three Plays: Sulla - Fand - The Pearl Tree (Hogarth Press, 1931) * ''Three Plays: Sulla - Fand - The Pearl Tree'' (Hogarth Press, 1931)
*Rimeless Numbers (Hogarth Press, 1932) * ''Rimeless Numbers'' (Hogarth Press, 1932)
*Selected Poems (1934) * ''Selected Poems'' (1934)
*Beelzebub (Hogarth Press, 1935) * ''Beelzebub'' (Hogarth Press, 1935)
*De Rerum Natura by Lucretius (1937) translator * ''De Rerum Natura by Lucretius'' (1937) translator
*The Collected Works of R. C. Trevelyan (1939) two volumes * ''The Collected Works of R. C. Trevelyan'' (1939) two volumes
*Aftermath (Hogarth Press, 1941) * ''Aftermath'' (Hogarth Press, 1941)
*Translations from Leopardi (1941) * ''Translations from Leopardi'' (1941)
*Translations from Horace, Juvenal, & Montaigne. With Two Imaginary Conversations (1941) * ''Translations from Horace, Juvenal, & Montaigne. With Two Imaginary Conversations'' (1941)
* ''A Dream'' (privately published, 1941)
*The Eclogues and the Georgics of Virgil (1944) translator * ''The Eclogues and the Georgics of Virgil'' (1944) translator
*Windfalls: Notes & Essays (1944) * ''Windfalls: Notes & Essays'' (1944)
*From the Chinese (1945) translator
*Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus (1946) translator * ''From the Chinese'' (1945) translator
* ''Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus'' (1946) translator
*From the Shiffolds (Hogarth Press, 1947) * ''From the Shiffolds'' (Hogarth Press, 1947)
⚫ *Translations from Latin Poetry (1949)
*Translations from Greek Poetry (1950) * ''Translations from Latin Poetry'' (1949)
⚫ * ''Translations from Greek Poetry'' (1950)


==Notes== ==Notes==
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==External links== ==External links==
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⚫ * consists of twelve letters written to Mrs. Rosebery concerning writing, travel, friends, social activities and other matters.


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English poet and translator (1872–1951)

Robert Calverl(e)y Trevelyan (/trɪˈvɛljən, -ˈvɪl-/; 28 June 1872 – 21 March 1951) was an English poet and translator, of a traditionalist sort, and a follower of the lapidary style of Logan Pearsall Smith.

Life

Trevelyan was the second son of Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Caroline née Philips, who was the daughter of Robert Needham Philips MP, a Liberal Member of Parliament and textile merchant from Lancashire. Trevelyan was the brother of Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, and of the historian G. M. Trevelyan.

He was born in Weybridge and educated at Wixenford (where he was known as "the Dodo" and was a particular friend of Frederick Lawrence), then at Harrow. From 1891 to 1895 he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became one of the Cambridge Apostles. He studied Classics and then law; his father wanted him to follow a career as a barrister, but his ambition was to be a poet.

Described as a "rumpled, eccentric poet", and sometimes considered a rather ineffectual person, he was close to the Bloomsbury Group, who called him 'Bob Trevy'. He had a wide further range of social connections: George Santayana from 1905; Isaac Rosenberg; Bernard Berenson; Bertrand Russell; G. E. Moore; E. M. Forster with whom he and Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson travelled to India in 1912. His pacifist principles extended to sheltering John Rodker, "on the run" as a conscientious objector during World War I; when he became liable to conscription by the raising of the maximum age in 1918, he volunteered for the Friends' War Victims Relief Service, serving in France, August 1918 to March 1919.

Trevelyan married in 1900 the Dutch musician Elizabeth van der Hoeven; the artist Julian Trevelyan was their son.

Works

Trevelyan wrote a number of verse plays; The Bride of Dionysus (1912) was made into an opera by Sir Donald Tovey.

List of works

  • Mallow and Asphodel (1898) poems
  • Polyphemus and Other Poems (1901)
  • Sisyphus: An Operatic Fable (1908)
  • The Bride of Dionysus a music-Drama and Other Poems (1912)
  • The New Parsifal: An Operatic Fable (1914)
  • The Foolishness of Solomon (1915)
  • The Pterodamozels: An Operatic Fable (1916)
  • The Death of Man (1919) poems
  • Translations from Lucretius (1920)
  • The Oresteia of Aeschylus (1922) translator
  • The Antigone of Sophocles (1924) translator
  • The Ajax of Sophocles
  • The Idylls of Theocritus (The Casanova Society, 1925) translator
  • Poems and Fables (Hogarth Press, 1925)
  • Thamyris: Is There a Future for Poetry? (1925) polemic
  • The Deluge & Other Poems (Hogarth Press, 1926)
  • Meleager (Hogarth Press, 1927)
  • Three Plays: Sulla - Fand - The Pearl Tree (Hogarth Press, 1931)
  • Rimeless Numbers (Hogarth Press, 1932)
  • Selected Poems (1934)
  • Beelzebub (Hogarth Press, 1935)
  • De Rerum Natura by Lucretius (1937) translator
  • The Collected Works of R. C. Trevelyan (1939) two volumes
  • Aftermath (Hogarth Press, 1941)
  • Translations from Leopardi (1941)
  • Translations from Horace, Juvenal, & Montaigne. With Two Imaginary Conversations (1941)
  • A Dream (privately published, 1941)
  • The Eclogues and the Georgics of Virgil (1944) translator
  • Windfalls: Notes & Essays (1944)
  • From the Chinese (1945) translator
  • Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus (1946) translator
  • From the Shiffolds (Hogarth Press, 1947)
  • Translations from Latin Poetry (1949)
  • Translations from Greek Poetry (1950)

Notes

  1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Trevelyan, Sir George Otto" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 255.
  2. Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence, Fate Has Been Kind (1943), p. 20
  3. ^ "Trevelyan, Robert Calverley (TRVN891RC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. William C. Lubenow, The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life (1998), p. 178
  5. Nicola Beauman, Morgan: A biography of E. M. Forster (1993), p. 116.
  6. John McCormick, George Santayana: A Biography (2003), p. 114.
  7. "Support teaching and learning".
  8. Vivien Noakes, The Poems and Plays of Isaac Rosenberg: A Critical Edition (2004), p. xliv.
  9. E. M. Forster, Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1962 edition), p. 135.
  10. Index of FEWVRC workers, 1914–23, Library of the Society of Friends, London
  11. Gooding, Mel. "Trevelyan, Julian Otto (1910–1988)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39970. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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