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A Prodigy of Universal Genius: Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817-1859Ellis’s Character, John Grote and the Cambridge Network

A Prodigy of Universal Genius: Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817-1859: Ellis’s Character, John Grote and... [This chapter explores two questions: what did Ellis bring to Cambridge, and what did Cambridge do for Ellis? The answers will be reached through primary source materials available in Trinity College Library and at Cambridge University Library. Two forms of analysis will intertwine: the first a textual study of sources on Ellis’s character and friendships, and the second a contextual study of the Cambridge he inhabited, Trinity College and the Cambridge Network in particular – networks that shaped and provoked his unique and original contributions to knowledge. While rich and well connected, confidently established within the Whig aristocratic elite, Ellis was sometimes portrayed as timid and reclusive. Why, with ‘abundance of character and richness of endowment’ did he appear ‘different to different people?’ What explains the attestations to his charismatic personality, Stoic character and his devoted following? The best evidential account is provided by his closest and most loyal friend of two decades John Grote (1813-1866), the Knighbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy and Vicar of Trumpington, and Charles Astor Bristed, a relative stranger whose path crossed with Ellis and Grote.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Prodigy of Universal Genius: Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817-1859Ellis’s Character, John Grote and the Cambridge Network

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 55)
Editors: Verburgt, Lukas M.
Gibbins, John R.
A Prodigy of Universal Genius: Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817-1859 — Apr 13, 2022
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[This chapter explores two questions: what did Ellis bring to Cambridge, and what did Cambridge do for Ellis? The answers will be reached through primary source materials available in Trinity College Library and at Cambridge University Library. Two forms of analysis will intertwine: the first a textual study of sources on Ellis’s character and friendships, and the second a contextual study of the Cambridge he inhabited, Trinity College and the Cambridge Network in particular – networks that shaped and provoked his unique and original contributions to knowledge. While rich and well connected, confidently established within the Whig aristocratic elite, Ellis was sometimes portrayed as timid and reclusive. Why, with ‘abundance of character and richness of endowment’ did he appear ‘different to different people?’ What explains the attestations to his charismatic personality, Stoic character and his devoted following? The best evidential account is provided by his closest and most loyal friend of two decades John Grote (1813-1866), the Knighbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy and Vicar of Trumpington, and Charles Astor Bristed, a relative stranger whose path crossed with Ellis and Grote.]

Published: Apr 13, 2022

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