Memoirs of Dr Richard Gilpin, of Scaleby Castle in Cumberland: And of his Posterity in the Two Succeeding Generations

by William Gilpin, William Jackson (Editor)

Overview

A physician and nonconformist minister who was active in the north of England, Richard Gilpin (1625–1700) was a popular preacher, leading large congregations, yet he faced opposition from Quakers and was ultimately unable to unite various dissenting factions. Including details about his descendants, the present work sets his story within the wider context of the Gilpin family history. First published in 1879, it was written in 1791 by fellow clergyman William Gilpin (1724–1804), an enlightened schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics. As well as covering his ancestors, William appends here his own life story, discussing his career as a teacher and his literary calling. He touches on his journeys during summer vacations when, with notebook and sketching materials, he would explore picturesque features of the British landscape. His volumes of Observations, based on these travels, are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108067164
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/06/2014
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.43(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Author's preface; Memoirs of the Gilpin family; An account of the Reverend Mr Gilpin of Vicar's-Hill; Note to the pedigree; Index of persons; Index of places.