Hannibal Evans Lloyd
Hannibal Evans Lloyd (1771–July 15, 1847) was an English linguist and translator.
Life
[edit]Born in London, he was son of Henry Humphrey Evans Lloyd and Mary, sister of the Chevalier de Johnstone.[1] An orphan while still young, he was brought up by relatives. In the spring of 1800 he settled at Hamburg. At a late stage of the Napoleonic Wars, the city was occupied by the French army, Lloyd fought in its defence, and then escaped.[2]
In 1813 Evans received an appointment in the Foreign Office. He retained the post till his death, at Blackheath on 15 July 1847.[2]
Works
[edit]Lloyd was a contributor to the Literary Gazette from its founding in 1817, mainly on archæology and the fine arts. A friend of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Lloyd translated with him most of Der Messias, but did not publish his version.[2] He also knew Christoph Daniel Ebeling well, and wrote his obituary for the Gazette.[3] He reviewed German books for the Foreign Quarterly Review.[4]
Lloyd wrote Italian verse, and maintained a correspondence with travellers and men of science. His original writings were:[2]
- Hamburgh, or a particular account of the Transactions which took place in that City during the first six months of 1813, London, 1813. Written at the suggestion of Lord Bathurst.
- Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, or a Sketch of his Life, London, 1826.
- George IV, Memoirs of his Life and Reign, London, 1830.
- Descriptive and Historical Illustrations, in English and French, accompanying John Coney's Architectural Beauties of Continental Europe, London, from 1831.
- Descriptive and Historic Illustrations, accompanying Picturesque Views in England and Wales by J. M. W. Turner, 2 vols. London, 1832–1838.
- Theoretisch-praktische Englische Sprachlehre für Deutsche, 4th edit., Hamburg, 1833, a standard grammar in German universities.
- English and German Dialogues: with a collection of idioms, Hamburg, 1842.
Lloyd edited or revised:[2]
- John Booth, Battle of Waterloo;
- C. W. Rördansz, European Commerce, 1818 (another edit. 1819);
- C. T. Rabenhorst, German and English Dictionary, 1829;
- Englisches Lesebuch (Gems of Modern English Literature), Hamburg, 1832; and
- Benjamin Guy Babington's translation of Justus Hecker's Epidemics of the Middle Ages, 1844 (Sydenham Society).
Among his translations were:[2]
- August Wilhelm Iffland, Nephews, a play, 1799;
- Hans Egede Saabye, Greenland, 1818;
- Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Travels in Brazil, 1820;
- Otto von Kotzebue, Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beerings Straits [anon.], 1821;
- Johann Baptist von Spix and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Travels in Brazil, 1824;
- Egor Fedorovich Timkovskii, Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China, 1827;
- Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, England in 1835, 3 vols. 1836, with Sarah Austin;
- O. L. B. Wolff and H. Doering, German Tourist, 1837;
- Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, Political History of England, 2 vols. 1837;
- Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Works of Art and Artists in England, 1838;
- Magnus Fredrik Ferdinand Björnstjerna, British Empire in the East [anon.], 1840;
- Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, England in 1841, 1842;
- Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1843;
- Magnus Fredrik Ferdinand Björnstjerna, Theogony of the Hindoos [anon.], 1844;
- Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, History of the English Revolution, 1844;
- Leopold von Orlich, Travels in India, 1845;
- Hermann Ludwig Heinrich Pueckler-Muskau, Egypt under Mehemet Ali, 1845;
- Georg Tams, Visit to the Portuguese Possessions in South-Western Africa, 1845; and
- Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben, Principles of Medical Psychology, 1847, revised by B. G. Babington (Sydenham Society).
Family
[edit]By his marriage to Lucy Anna Margaretta Von Schwartzkopff of Hamburg, Lloyd had a son and four daughters, including Elizabeth Maria Bowen Thompson the missionary.[1][2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Haigh, John D. "Lloyd, Hannibal Evans". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16835. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Gordon McNett Stewart (1978). The Literary Contributions of Christoph Daniel Ebeling. Rodopi. p. 122. ISBN 978-90-6203-477-2. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Charles Darwin (1985). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 1821-1836. Cambridge University Press. p. 534 note 1. ISBN 978-0-521-25587-5. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Lloyd, Hannibal Evans". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
