Chancellor's Gold Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1817) Winner
Chauncy Hare Townshend
チャウンシー・ヘア・タウンゼンド
Chauncy Hare Townshend
Aliases:
Chauncey Hare Townsend / Chauncey Hare Townshend
Pen Names:
T.Greatly（Pseudonym for Philosophy in the Fens）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1798-04-20 （Godalming, Surrey）
- Died
- 1868-02-25 （21 Norfolk Street, Park Lane, London） age 69
- Nationality
- English
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Church of England
- Residence History
- Norfolk, London, Switzerland → Villa in Lausanne → London
Career
- Occupations
- poet, clergyman, mesmerist, collector, dilettante
- Active Years
- 1817-1868
- Influenced By
- Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Influenced
- Charles Dickens
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College | — | — | — | 幼少期 | England |
| Trinity Hall, Cambridge | — | — | B.A. (1821), M.A. (1824) | 1817-1824 | United Kingdom |
Eton College
Period:
幼少期
Country:
England
Public school
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Degree:
B.A. (1821), M.A. (1824)
Period:
1817-1824
Year of Graduation:
1824
Country:
United Kingdom
Chancellor's Gold Medal 1817 for poem Jerusalem
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1817 | Chancellor's Gold Medal | Jerusalem | poetry | University of Cambridge | Winner |
Chancellor's Gold Medal
1817
Work:
Jerusalem
Category:
poetry
Organization:
University of Cambridge
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Poems
1821 PoetryEarly volume of poetry.
Sermons in Sonnets
1851 PoetrySonnets framed as sermons.
The Three Gates
1859 PoetryVolume of poetry dedicated to Dickens.
Bibliography
- Poems (1821)
- The Weaver's Boy (1825)
- The Reigning Vice (1827)
- A Descriptive Tour in Scotland (1839)
- Facts in Mesmerism (1840)
- Sermons in Sonnets (1851)
- Philosophy in the Fens (1851, T.Greatly)
- Mesmerism Proved True (1854)
- The Burning of the Amazon (1856)
- The Three Gates (1859)
- Religious Opinions (1869, posthumous)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SonnetsPastoral
- Recurring Motifs
- NatureReligionMesmerism
Health
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Hypochondria生涯Influenced travels and collections, possibly themes in work
Legacy
Primarily remembered for bequeathing collections to the Victoria and Albert Museum and Wisbech & Fenland Museum. Friend of Charles Dickens, to whom Great Expectations was dedicated. Funded a school.
Museums
- Victoria and Albert Museum London Opened in 1852
- Wisbech & Fenland Museum Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Opened in 1847
Archives
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Wisbech & Fenland Museum
In Popular Culture
- Townsend Road named after him in Wisbech
Quotes
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There is a vivid lightning of the breast, Flash'd from a kindred spark of poesy. Which Poets only know, when rapt they see Some hidden thought — some feeling unexprest Upon the pages of the Bard imprest
Source: Morning Post (1820)
Trivia
- Added 'h' to surname Townsend in 1835 upon inheritance
- Played one first-class cricket match for Kent in 1827
- Famous anecdote of visiting John Clare
- Owned Charles Dickens' crystal ball