Peter Martin (professor)

Peter Martin
Born1940 (age 85–86)
Buenos Aires, Argentina[1]
EducationPrincipia College (1962), Syracuse University (1968)
OccupationsHistorian, biographer, English literature scholar
Known forEnglish literature scholar

Peter Martin (born 1940) is an English literature scholar, biographer, and an 18th-century garden historian. He was educated and has taught in the United States. He lives in England and Spain.

Biography

Martin has been a professor of English Literature at Miami University;[2] the College of William & Mary;[3] New England College in Arundel, West Sussex, England;[3] and Principia College (1993–2002).[4][5] For several years, he was Garden Historian for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.[3][6][5]. He was also a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge, England.

He has written several books on historical and biographical topics, including Samuel Johnson: A Biography, A Life of James Boswell, and Edmond Malone: Shakespearean Scholar - a Literary Biography.[7] His has also published about gardens and gardening in Williamsburg and Colonial Virginia, including British and American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century,[6] The Gardening World of Alexander Pope and Pursuing Innocent Pleasures.[8] He also authored the highly acclaimed The Dictionary Wars about American lexicography[7] and A Dog Called Perth about a 21-year relationship with his beagle.[5]

Martin was born and lived in Argentina until the age of ten. He is a 1962 graduate of the Principia College in Elsah, Illinois.[5] He earned his PhD from Syracuse University. He spends his time between West Sussex, England and El Campello, Spain.[5]

Published works

  • Martin, Peter, ed. (1984). British and American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century: Eighteen Illustrated Essays. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-87935-105-2.
  • Martin, Peter (1984). Pursuing Innocent Pleasures: The Gardening World of Alexander Pope. Archon Books. ISBN 978-0-208-02011-6.
  • Martin, Peter (1991). The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-2053-5.
  • Martin, Peter (1995). Edmond Malone, Shakespearean Scholar: A Literary Biography. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61982-0.
  • Martin, Peter (1999). A Life of James Boswell. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-81809-0.
  • Martin, Peter (2001). A Dog Called Perth: The True Story of a Beagle. Orion Books. ISBN 978-1-55970-652-0.
  • Martin, Peter, ed. (2003). The Essential Boswell: Selections from the Writings of James Boswell. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-60718-2.
  • Martin, Peter (2008). Samuel Johnson: A Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-60719-9.
  • Martin, Peter (2009). Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03585-0.
  • Martin, Peter (2019). The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-18891-1.

References

  1. ^ "Peter Martin". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  2. ^ Inness, Sherrie A.; Royer, Diana (1997). Breaking Boundaries: New Perspectives on Women's Regional Writing. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1-58729-115-9.
  3. ^ a b c "Colonists changed to natural style". The Daily News Leader. 1980-08-14. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  4. ^ "A Life of James Boswell – Martin, Peter – Yale University Press". Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Principia Alumni - 50th Class" (PDF). Principia College. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  6. ^ a b "Curtis Square Research Design" (PDF). Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. November 2018. pp. 1, 52. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  7. ^ a b "Peter Martin – American professor". Oak Lawn Library Friends. 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  8. ^ Blythe, Ronald (1985-02-10). "The Greening of Twickenham". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-16.

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