Charles Kegan Paul
Charles Kegan Paul.
Charles Kegan Paul (1828 – July 1902) was an English publisher and author.
Biography
He was born at White Lackington, Somerset. He was educated at Eton and at Exeter College, Oxford; from 1853 to 1862 was a master at Eton, and, after twelve years as vicar of Sturminster Newton, entered the publishing business, from which he retired in 1899. Kegan Paul's business was continued by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. which merged with George Routledge in 1912. He left the Church of England for Positivism, and in his last years entered the Roman Catholic Church.
Works
As an author he is best known for his biographies and translations.
- A Translation of Faust (1873)
- Life of William Godwin (1876)
- Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft (1879)
- Biographical Sketches (1883)
- Maria Drummond (1891)
- Faith and Unfaith, hints at Paul's own religious beliefs (1891)
- Joris-Karl Huysmans, En Route, translation (1896)
- Memories (1899)
Family
His son Eden Paul was a socialist physician, writer and translator.
Notes
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Paul, Charles Kegan". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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