Ambrose Eccles (c. 1736–1809), full name Isaac-Ambrose Eccles, was an Anglo-Irish Shakespearean scholar. [1] [2]
He was the son of Hugh Eccles, of Cronroe, County Wicklow, and his wife Elizabeth Ambrose. [2] He was the grandson of Sir John Eccles. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and then travelled in France and Italy, but returned home through illness. [1]
Eccles was in London in 1763, and was a guest of James Boswell at the Mitre tavern. [3] He died in 1809, at his seat at Cronroe. [1]
Eccles was a dramatic critic, and published editions of several of Shakespeare's plays, in which he transposed scenes that appeared to him to be wrongly placed. These plays were Cymbeline, 1793; King Lear, 1793; and Merchant of Venice, 1805. They contained notes and illustrations, with critical and historical essays. [1]
Eccles married Grace Ball, eldest daughter of Thomas Ball of Urker, County Armagh. They had three sons and three daughters. [4] Among the sons was Major Hugh Eccles, whose daughter Elizabeth Eccles married Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor. [5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "
Eccles, Ambrose".
Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Ambrose Eccles (c. 1736–1809), full name Isaac-Ambrose Eccles, was an Anglo-Irish Shakespearean scholar. [1] [2]
He was the son of Hugh Eccles, of Cronroe, County Wicklow, and his wife Elizabeth Ambrose. [2] He was the grandson of Sir John Eccles. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and then travelled in France and Italy, but returned home through illness. [1]
Eccles was in London in 1763, and was a guest of James Boswell at the Mitre tavern. [3] He died in 1809, at his seat at Cronroe. [1]
Eccles was a dramatic critic, and published editions of several of Shakespeare's plays, in which he transposed scenes that appeared to him to be wrongly placed. These plays were Cymbeline, 1793; King Lear, 1793; and Merchant of Venice, 1805. They contained notes and illustrations, with critical and historical essays. [1]
Eccles married Grace Ball, eldest daughter of Thomas Ball of Urker, County Armagh. They had three sons and three daughters. [4] Among the sons was Major Hugh Eccles, whose daughter Elizabeth Eccles married Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor. [5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "
Eccles, Ambrose".
Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co.