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| Relationship | Name | Date - Period |
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| Friend | Edward Irving | 1792-1834 |
| Wife | Jane Carlyle nee' Welsh | 1801-1866 |
| Friend | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | 1772-1834 |
| Friend | William Hazlitt | 1778-1830 |
| Friend | Thomas Campbell | 1777-1844 |
| Friend | Edward & Julia Strachey |
| Where | Why | When |
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| Ecclefechan N T | Birth place | |
Ecclefechan Village School, Scotland | Pupil | |
Annan Academy, Dumfries, Scotland | Student | |
Edinburgh University | Student, reading arts and mathematics under Sir John Leslie | Graduated 1813 |
| Sessionist Church, Edinburgh, Scotland | Student | 1813-1814 |
| Annan Academy, Dumfries, Scotland | Teacher | |
| Kirkcaldy, Scotland | Teacher | 1816-1818 |
| Edinburgh, Scotland | Student of Law | 1818 |
| Hoddam Hill, Mainhill, Dumfries, Scotland | Residence | 1825 |
| Edinburgh, Scotland | Relocated & married Jane | 1826 |
| Craigenputtock, Dumfries, Scotland | Inherited Residence | 1828-1834 |
| 5 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London | Residence | 1834 |
| Edinburgh University | Became Lord Rector of University | 1866 |
| Title | Genre | Date - Edition |
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| Goethe's 'Faust' | Essay (The New Edinburgh Review) | 1922 |
| Legendre's 'Elements of Geometry' | Translation | |
| Life of Schiller | Series published in The London Magazine | 1823 |
| Life of Schiller | Book | 1825 |
| Goeth's 'Wilhelm Meister' | Translation | 1824 |
| Various | Articles for The Edinburgh Review | |
| Wotton Reinfred | Novel (unfinished) | |
| History of German Literature | Essay series | |
| Sartor Resartus | Series published in Fraser's Magazine | 1833-1834 |
| Sartor Resartus | Book (U.S.A.) | 1836 |
| The French Revolution | Book | 1837 |
| On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History | Lecture tour | 1841 |
| Chartism | Essay | 1839 |
| Past and Present | Essay | 1843 |
| Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches | 1845 | |
| Latter Day Pamphlets | Essays | 1850 |
| History of Frederick the Great (six volumes) | Books | 1858-1865 |
| The Kings of Norway | 1875 | |
Biographical Details and Notes
Whilst teaching at Kirkcaldy he met Edward Irving, they were to become friends for life.
Although he intended to take up law moving to Edinburgh to study, he returned to teaching, becoming a private tutor.
It was Edward Irving that introduced Thomas to his future wife Jane, Edward was tutoring her.
He declined an honour from Prime Minister Disraeli.
He requested not to be buried at Westminster Abbey, but is buried in Ecclefechan as he wished.
The National Trust for Scotland care for the cottage where he was born.
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