Mordaunt Roger Barnard
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Mordaunt Roger Barnard, Rev. (22 December 1828 – 2 July 1906) was a Church of England
clergyman and translator of works from Scandinavian languages. He was the eldest son of Mordaunt Barnard, Rector of Preston Bagot. a rural dean and JP
for Essex. He was born in Thornton-In-Craven, Yorkshire
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and Rugby
schools and at Christ's College, Cambridge
, graduating BA in 1851. He was ordained as a deacon in Rochester in 1851 and as a priest in 1852. He served as British Chaplain in Oslo
from 1858 until 1862 and as a vicar
in the village of Margaretting in Essex
from 1863 until 1906. He was a member of the Chelmsford Board of Guardians for nearly 30 years. He translated the first English edition of Valdemar Adolph Thisted
's novel Letters from Hell
. He also translated The Odyssey into English blank verse
.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
clergyman and translator of works from Scandinavian languages. He was the eldest son of Mordaunt Barnard, Rector of Preston Bagot. a rural dean and JP
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
for Essex. He was born in Thornton-In-Craven, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
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Biography
He was educated at CharterhouseCharterhouse School
Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
and Rugby
Rugby School
Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
schools and at Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...
, graduating BA in 1851. He was ordained as a deacon in Rochester in 1851 and as a priest in 1852. He served as British Chaplain in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
from 1858 until 1862 and as a vicar
Vicar
In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
in the village of Margaretting in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
from 1863 until 1906. He was a member of the Chelmsford Board of Guardians for nearly 30 years. He translated the first English edition of Valdemar Adolph Thisted
Valdemar Adolph Thisted
Valdemar Adolph Thisted was a Danish writer, translator and priest. He is best-known among English readers for his novel Letters from Hell. He studied theology in Copenhagen and became an assistant professor in Aarhus. In 1855 he began ministering in northern Schleswig. His works include novels,...
's novel Letters from Hell
Letters from Hell
Letters from Hell is a didactic Christian novel by the Danish priest and author Valdemar Adolph Thisted , The work was published in Copenhagen in 1866 and went through 12 editions in its first year.-Plot summary:...
. He also translated The Odyssey into English blank verse
Blank verse
Blank verse is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. It has been described as "probably the most common and influential form that English poetry has taken since the sixteenth century" and Paul Fussell has claimed that "about three-quarters of all English poetry is in blank verse."The first...
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Selected translations by Mordaunt Roger Barnard
- Frederik Christian Schubeler, Synopsis of the vegetable products of Norway, 1862
- Anna Magdalene Thorensen, Signe’s history: A Norwegian tale, 1865
- The life of ThorvaldsenBertel ThorvaldsenBertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...
: Collated from the Danish of Just Matthias Thiele, 1865 (Digitised http://openlibrary.org/b/OL20547121M/The-life-of-Thorvaldsen%2C-collated-from-the-Dan.-%5BThorvaldsens-ungdomshistorie%2C-Thorvaldsen-i-Rom-...) - M. Rowel (pseud. Valdemar Adolph Thisted), Letters from Hell, 1866
- Carl Wilhelm Paijkull, A summer in Iceland,1868
- The private life of the old Northmen, translated from the posthumous works of Jacob Rudolph Keyser, 1868 (Digitised http://www.archive.org/details/privatelifeoldn01barngoog 0
- The Odyssey, rendered into English blank verse, 1876
- August Theodor BlancheAugust BlancheAugust Blanche was a Swedish journalist, novelist, and a Socialist statesman.August Theodor Blanche was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the illegitimate child of a servant girl and a priest. His mother eventually married Johan Jacob Blanck, a blacksmith and the boy took his stepfather's name...
, Flickan i stadsgården, Master of His fate: A Swedish tale,1885 - Jacob Breda BullJacob Breda BullJacob Breda Bull was a Norwegian author.Bull is best known for the novel Vesleblakken and for other novels and stories about descriptions of folk life in the Østerdalen valley. He also wrote historical novels, contemporary novels and poetry.Bull was born in Rendalen, the son of the priest Matthias...
, Fridtjof Nansen: A book for the young, 1898
Works by Mordaunt Roger Barnard
- Sport in Norway, and where to find it. Together with a short account of the vegetable productions of the country, etc, 1864
- Sketches of life, scenery, and sport in Norway, 1871