William Taylor (1765-1836) was a scholar, polyglot, and translator of German romantic literature. 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... Polyglot has several meanings: Look up Polyglot on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The property of speaking multiple languages A polyglot is a person that can speak many languages A polyglot is a book that contains the same text in more than one language, usually a bible such as the first... Look up Translator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. ...

He was born in Norwich as the son of a wealthy Norwich merchant with European trade connections. William Taylor was taught Latin, French and Dutch by John Bruckner, pastor of the French and Dutch Protestant churches in Norwich, in preparation to continue his father's continental trading. Norwich (IPA: //) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England. ... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... A pastor is a minister or priest of a Christian church. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...

However, Taylor became the leading member of Norwich intelligentsia. A political radical like Wordsworth and Coleridge, he applauded the French Revolution. Taylor never abandoned his left-wing principles. He argued for universal suffrage and the end of all governmental intervention in the affairs of religion. Even after a right-wing back-lash against the excesses of the French Revolution in the late 1790s he maintained his radical views and the 18th century tradition of liberal and latitudinous criticism of Biblical Scripture. The notion of an intellectual elite as a distinguished social stratum can be traced far back in history. ... William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) (pronounced ) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. ... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Elections Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Universal suffrage (also general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to all adults, without distinction as to race, sex, belief, intelligence, or economic or social status. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ...

William Taylor was a nonconformist and attended the newly-built Neo-Classical Unitarian Octagon chapel (1756) in Norwich, whose architect was Thomas Ivory. He was nicknamed godless Billy for his radical views. A heavy drinker, his contemporary Harriet Martineau said of him: A nonconformist is an English or Welsh Protestant of any non-Anglican denomination, chiefly advocating religious liberty. ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ... Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Harriet Martineau Harriet Martineau (June 12, 1802 - June 27, 1876) was an English writer and philosopher, renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist. ...

his habits of intemperance kept him out of the sight of ladies, and he got round him a set of ignorant and conceited young men, who thought they could set the whole world right by their destructive propensities.

In 1799 he embarked upon a tour of Europe, visiting France, Italy and Germany. Between 1793-1799 he wrote over 200 reviews, introducing the concept of 'philosophical criticism'. Philosophical method (or philosophical methodology) is the study of how to do philosophy. ...

William Taylor was England's leading advocate and enthusiast of German Romantic literature until the return of Coleridge from Germany in 1799. He met Goethe as early as 1782 and again in 1793. He sent his translation of Iphigenie to Goethe, but felt slighted at having received no acknowledgement from the Weimar sage. Although it aroused no interest in England, this translation was nonetheless valued by Goethe as he ordered his publisher Unger to issue a special De luxe edition of it. Both Taylor's Iphigenie auf Tauris (Iphigenia in Tauris) and his Survey of German literature are recorded as once in Goethe's private library. 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...  , IPA: , (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832), commonly known as Goethe, was a German poet, novelist, theorist, and scientist who is considered one of the giants of the literary world. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The city hall Goethe and Schiller in front of the Deutsche Nationaltheater Weimar is a city in Germany. ... Craig Unger Deborah Kara Unger Franz Unger (1800 - 1870), see German article Felix Unger, main character in The Odd Couple Georg Christian Unger (1743 - 1812), German architect. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? (pronounced [gø tÉ™]) (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and he conducted his civic services as a cabinet minister of Weimar. ...

In 1828 the author Thomas Carlyle informed and reminded Goethe that: The most familiar view of Carlyle is as the bearded sage with a penetrating gaze. ...

A Mr.Taylor of Norwich who is at present publishing 'Specimens of German Poetry', is a man of learning and long ago gave a version of your Iphigenie auf Tauris(Iphigenia in Tauris)

Taylor is depicted as a mentor in Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel Lavengro. George Borrow described his philological teacher as: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? (pronounced [gø tÉ™]) (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and he conducted his civic services as a cabinet minister of Weimar. ... Mentoring refers to a developmental relationship between a more experienced mentor and a less experienced partner referred to as a mentee or protégé. Usually - but not necessarily - the mentor/protégé pair will be of the same sex. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... George Borrow George Henry Borrow (1803-1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ...

the Anglo-German... a real character, the founder of the Anglo-German school in England, and the cleverest Englishman who ever talked or wrote encomiastic nonsense about Germany and the Germans. Romany Rye

A confirmed bachelor, Taylor lived with his parents. He had a daily routine of studying in the morning, walking in the afternoon followed by bathing in the River Wensum. In the evening he liked to socialise, drink (heavily) and discuss linguistics, literature and philosophy in society. The Romany Rye is a novel by George Borrow, written in 1857. ... A bachelor is a man above the age of majority who has never been married (see single). ... The River Wensum is a river in Norfolk, England and a tributary of the River Yare. ... Linguistics is the scientific study of language, which can be theoretical or applied. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... The philosopher Socrates about to take poison hemlock as ordered by the court. ...

Taylor is important for being in the vanguard of literary criticism, encouraging the newly-emerging Romantic literature of Wordsworth and Coleridge, both of whom were indebted for his, if not always accurate, enthusiastic translations of German romantic literature. From his translations of German Romantic literature there emerged Wordsworth's and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads of 1798. Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. ... Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. ... William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) (pronounced ) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. ... Lyrical Ballads, 1798, was the flame that lit the English Romantic movement, its spark being that of the somewhat earlier William Blake. ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...

External links

• Works by William Taylor at Project Gutenberg