"to have died, the search party erected a cairn and cross bearing the inscription; ""Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman, Captain L. E. G. Oates, of the Inniskilling Dragoons. In March 1912, returning from the Pole, he walked willingly to his death in a blizzard, to try and save his comrades, beset by hardships."" Oates' reindeer-skin sleeping bag was recovered and is now displayed in the museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge with other items from the expedition. The Oates Museum at Gilbert White's House, Selborne, Hampshire focuses on the lives of Lawrence Oates and his uncle"
"nobility and gentry of the Midland counties. In 1636 there appeared his ""Virtus post Funera vivit, or Honour Tryumphing over Death, being true Epitomes of Honorable, Noble, Learned, and Hospitable Personages"" (London, printed by John Norton, 1636). The opening lines are addressed to William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle. There follow a prose dedication to Christian, Dowager Countess of Devon, and one in verse to Charles, son of the Earl of Newcastle. The poems—all in heroic couplets—number thirty-two. Among the persons commemorated are Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (""Bess of Hardwick"", No. 1), and William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (No."
"site within the Protestant Cemetery. At his request his grave marker bears a quote from Shelley's poem ""Epitaph"". There have been six biographies written about Trelawny. The characterizations of him vary greatly. Several of the authors were negative in their portrayal of him, others presented a favourable romantic portrait, and some have presented a mixed picture of his character. The authors of the biographies conducted varying amounts of scholarship and often contradicted each other about details of Trelawny's life. Trelawny has been credited with helping Byron and Shelley become recognized as celebrities after their deaths. Jonathan Bate has described him"
"over eighty years old at this point, and after opening the campaign energetically he died at Turin on 17 June 1734. Villars's memoirs show us a ""fanfaron plein d'honneur"", as Voltaire calls him. He was indeed boastful, and also covetous of honours and wealth. But he was also described as an honourable man of high courage, moral and physical, and certainly a very skilled soldier. He was famous for his love for young men as wrote the Duchess of Orleans in her letters. The memoirs, part of which was published in 1734 and afterwards several times republished in untrustworthy versions,"
"After the poet's death, a monument in his memory was erected in 1710 by Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt in Westminster Abbey, between the monuments to Chaucer and Drayton, with the motto """"Honos erit huic quoque pomo"""" from the title page of ""Cyder"". In February 1710 Edmund Smith printed a ""Poem to the Memory of Mr John Philips"" which was later described by Samuel Johnson as ""a poem, which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can shew"". In the same year Leonard Welsted published ""A Poem to the Memory of the Incomparable Mr Philips"" with a"
"published in the ""Classical Review"" 31 that year. John Maxwell Edmonds John Maxwell Edmonds (21 January 1875 – 18 March 1958) was an English classicist, poet, and dramatist who is notable as the author of celebrated epitaphs. Edmonds was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire on 21 January 1875. His father was a schoolmaster and later the vicar of Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, while his mother was the daughter of a self-made Cornish cloth manufacturer. He was educated at Oundle School before going up to Jesus College, Cambridge in 1896 as a Classical Scholar. He was taught at Oundle by R. P. Brereton"
"gravestone, inscribed:In Remembrance of that Prodigy in Nature.<br>DANIEL LAMBERT.<br>a Native of Leicester:<br>who was possessed of an exalted and convivial Mind<br>and in personal Greatness had no Competitor<br>""He measured three Feet one Inch round the Leg""<br>""nine Feet four Inches round the Body""<br>""and weighed""<br>""Fifty two Stone eleven Pounds!""<br>He departed this Life on the 21st of <br>Aged 39 years<br>""As a Testimony of Respect this Stone is erected by his Friends in Leicester"" In late 1809, John Drakard released ""The life of that wonderful and extraordinary heavy man, the late Danl. Lambert, from his birth to the moment of his dissolution, with an account of"
"to his most Serene Majesty and to the King of France's troop of guards from Scotland - having excellently performedall the duties of a godly life; who dying at London to the grief of both nations, in the exercise of office with his Majesty, ordered his body to be conveyed hither (such was his love to his country), to be buried in this dormitory; acquiting himself to his King, his country and his friends by the utmost of his power and duty. He died in the 57th year of his age, the 10th of September 1613. Why is it grievous"
"to the south of the chancel, a table tomb to Margaret Launder, wife of A. Collin Launder, who died on 22 December 1780. The Latin epitaph translates as, ""Were it right for me to indulge in private grief, as a husband I should be justified in weeping for you, who have been taken away. Yet spare your tears, nor let anxiety distract you. No one who has lived well dies wretchedly. The honour commonly accorded to you is less than your deserts. So, my wife, you have gone where goodness will be regarded as real honour. O one dear to"
"was celebrated at the Oxford Oratory on Thursday, July 31. He is buried in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford, near Tolkien, his literary hero. His life and passing were noted in the U.S. and Europe and by ""The American Conservative"", and Hollywood stars such as Chris Hemsworth and Robert Downey, Jr. (""The Denver Post"" noted their participation in a project to honor him.) The news of his death touched an international array of people who considered him a polymath, one of the most influential contemporary Catholics of the Anglophone world, an inspiration, a trustworthy thinker, a prolific contributor to the Catholic intellectual"
"with John Martyn to translate the ""History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris"" (1742). Chambers' epitaph was published in both the original Latin and in English in the ""Gentleman's Magazine"", volume 10, as follows (translation is the original): <poem> Multis pervulgatus paucis notus Qui vitam inter lucem et umbram Nec eruditus nec idiota Literis deditus transegit, sed ut homo Qui humani nihil a se alienum putat Vita simul et laboribus functus Hic requiescere voluit EPHRAIM CHAMBERS. </poem> In English thus: <poem> Heard of by many, Known to few, Who led a Life between Fame and Obscurity"
"English Cemetery, Florence, the medallion on his tombstone is by Launt Thompson. Bayard Taylor wrote his obituary in ""The New York Tribune"". His wife later remarried to Giuseppe Mateini. He left his Library and collections to the Century Association of New York. ""My very dear and good old friend, Jas. Lorimer Graham, was to me, as a young and struggling artist, a sort of Deputy Providence. When Providence itself seemed to be carelessly looking after what seemed to my youthful mind as ""minor matters,"" Lorrie was not only there but all there to see that I, for one, did not"
"extempore at a party with Combe present. Shakespeare is said to have written another, more flattering, epitaph after Combe died in 1614. It praises Combe for giving money in his will to the poor. This was said to be affixed to his tomb, which is close to Shakespeare's. However, there is no sign of it in the surviving tomb. The first epitaph, in variations, has also been attributed to other writers, addressed to other alleged usurers. An anecdote recorded in the mid-17th century has Jonson beginning an epitaph to himself with the conventional ""Here lies Ben Jonson ..."", and Shakespeare"
"inscription on the monument states: The Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Dedicate This Monument to the Memory of Their Late Honored President. He Was An Officer of the Army From the Commencement of the Revolutionary War Until The Close of His Life By a Patriotic and Faithful Discharge of the High and Responsible Duties of a Gallant Soldier And An Exemplary Citizen He Has Been Justly And Eminently Distinguished As He Was Rightfully and Universally Respected. His wife Lucy died February 22, 1880, in New London and at the time of her death was one of the last in the"
"location within the Savoy Chapel in London. The chapel was probably chosen for its Huguenot associations and in memory of Desaguliers’s origins. The press announcements of his death referred to him as ‘a gentleman universally known and esteemed’. In his will Desaguliers left his estate to his elder son who organised the publication of the second edition of his ""Course of Experimental Philosophy"". Although never a wealthy man, he did not die in poverty as suggested by the oft-quoted but inaccurate lines of the poet James Cawthorn: These are taken from a long poem entitled ""The Vanity Of Human Enjoyment"""
"so that during his closing years he was forced to solicit commissions which his enfeebled powers no longer enabled him to carry out with success. ""At the funeral of the long neglected old man, a young woman deeply veiled and overcome with emotion plainly visible through her veil, laid upon the coffin, just before its removal, a bouquet of immortelles and withdrew to her devotions. Around the stem was a paper inscribed: ""These flowers offered by the most grateful of his students are emblems of his glory. It was Mlle Mayer, later the friend of Prudhon."" The brilliant reputation which"
"Aston-by-Sutton, Cheshire. His marriage was said to have extinguished certain expectations entertained by Garrick of a ‘settlement’ from his friend. Walmisley died at Lichfield on 3 August 1751, and his widow died on 11 November 1786, aged 77. Both are buried in a vault near the south side of the west door in Lichfield Cathedral. A poetical epitaph by Thomas Seward was inscribed on a temporary monument; it was printed in the ""Gentleman's Magazine"". It is said that Johnson promised to write an epitaph for him, but procrastinated until it was too late. A prose inscription to Walmisley's memory is"
"Low, and lived until November 1919. In October 1870 a monument was erected over his grave at the Brighton General Cemetery by his close friends, and on Sunday, 30 October 1932 a statue to his memory by Paul Montford was unveiled near parliament house, Melbourne; and many other statues and monuments throughout Australia. In May 1934 his bust was placed in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, and he remains the only Australian poet commemorated there. Gordon was tall and handsome (see portrait prefixed to The Laureate of the Centaurs). But he stooped and held himself badly, partly on account of his"
"untimely death, which took place at Lincoln's Inn on 23 Nov. 1693 . He was buried in the north transept of the cathedral, Christ Church, Oxford. His death was lamented in some elegant Latin alcaics by his friend, G. Adams (Musæ Anglicanæ, ii. 37). Harrington was the author of a poem in Latin hexameter verse on the death of Charles II, which displays considerable command of the metre (ib. ii. 34). He also wrote: Harrington also edited, with a life of the author, 'Sermons and Discourses by Dr. Geo. Stradling,' London, 1692, 8vo, and contributed the preface to the first"
"obituary for Jenkins is apparently the first of its kind in the English-speaking world, published in ""The Newes"" on 17 December 1663 by Charles II's Surveyor of the Press, Roger L'Estrange. Part of it read: ""... that Eminent, Loyall, and renowned Patriot, Judge Jenkins, Departed this Life at his House in Cowbridge, [at] 81..in perfect Sence and Memory. He dyed, as he lived, preaching with his last Breath to his Relations, and those who were about him, Loyalty to his Majesty, and Obedience to the Lawes of the Land. In fine, he has carried with him all the comforts of"
"Known by various pseudonyms, he became very popular in southeast England in the early 19th century, and helped to found several Calvinist chapels. An example of his eccentricity was his reference to Jenkins as ""W.A."" (the ""Welsh Ambassador"") and himself as ""S.S."" (""Sinner Saved""); the ""W.A."" epithet featured on a tablet below the chapel's gabled roof which commemorated its opening. It reads . Huntington died in 1813 and was buried in a tomb in the small graveyard behind the chapel. The chapel proved popular, and was extended in 1826 to give a capacity of about 1,000. The interior was almost"
"loco deponi voluit""."" Which may be translated into English as: ""Sacred to the memory of William Fellowes, Esquire, Master of the Court of Chancery in holding which office in the highest care of law and equity he departed on the 19th of January 1723 of his age 64. He married Mary the daughter and heir of Joseph Martyn of London, merchant, a man outstanding in integrity; he left five children born from her namely three sons and two daughters. Desiring his family long to remain here he wished his bones to be deposited in this place"". The monument is said"
"Ætatis 78º.<br> Here is laid the Body<br> of Jonathan Swift, Doctor of Sacred Theology,<br> Dean of this Cathedral Church,<br> where fierce Indignation<br> can no longer<br> injure the Heart.<br> Go forth, Voyager,<br> and copy, if you can,<br> this vigorous (to the best of his ability)<br> Champion of Liberty.<br> He died on the 19th Day of the Month of October,<br> A.D. 1745, in the 78th Year of his Age.<br> Swift's Epitaph ""Swift's Epitaph"" is a translation by Irish poet William Butler Yeats of Jonathan Swift's epitaph, which Swift wrote for himself in Latin. Yeats' somewhat free translation appeared in his 1933 collection"
"Astrophel (Edmund Spenser) Astrophel: A Pastorall Elegy upon the Death of the Most Noble and Valorous Knight, Sir Philip Sidney is a poem by the English poet Edmund Spenser. It is Spenser's tribute to the memory of Sir Philip Sidney, who had died in 1586, and was dedicated ""To the most beautiful and vertuous Ladie, the Countesse of Essex,"" Frances Walsingham, Sidney's widow. “Astrophel” was published in 1595 by William Ponsonby in a volume called Colin Clouts Come Home Againe. It includes other poems besides Spenser's: two elegies, 'The Mourning Muse of Thestylis' and 'A Pastorall Aeglogue Vpon the Death"
"contained Bosworth's poetry, with a dedication to John Finch, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Five copies of verses signed respectively L. B., F. L. (Francis Lovelace), E. G. (Edmund Gayton), S. P., and L. C., lament Bosworth's death. The major poem of the volume is the ""Historie of Arcadius and Sepha"" in two books. It was a romance in the style of Sir Philip Sidney, and non-political, making it unusual for its period. William Bosworth William Bosworth (died 1650?) was an English poet, known for a posthumous volume of verse from 1651. He belonged to a family (whose"
"beginning “Proud prelate!” But scholars from the nineteenth century onwards, for example Mandell Creighton, have considered the letter in question a hoax of the eighteenth century. A fat man, Heton was supposedly complimented by the king James I with the comment ""Fat men are apt to make lean sermons; but yours are not lean, but larded with good learning."" He died in Mildenhall, Suffolk in 1609 and is buried in Ely Cathedral. His daughter Ann married Sir Robert Filmer. Martin Heton Martin Heton (Heaton) (1554–1609) was an English bishop. His father George Heton was prominent in the London commercial world"
"of the nave of the Henry VII Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey. He died unmarried. The Duke's full style as proclaimed at his funeral by Garter King-of-Arms was: ""the [...] most High, most Mighty, and most Illustrious Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, and Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh, Marquess of Berkhamstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon, Baron of the Isle of Alderney, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, and First and Principal Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, third Son of His late most Excellent Majesty King George the Second"". British Honours Academic"
"alto-relievo, and a very laudatory epitaph in latinity of remarkable excellence, the composition of the Rev. Anthony Reid, minor canon of the cathedral and master of the grammar school, to whom, writes Kennett, the dean had been ‘a special familiar friend.’ He is described as ‘vir pius, beneficus, doctus, suavis, hospitalis,’ possessing ‘mores aureos, lepores, delicias,’ and universally popular with men of the highest as well as of the lowest rank, the epitaph ending with ‘exoriantur usque qui sic ornent hanc ecclesiam.’ During his short tenure of office he made considerable alterations and improvements in the deanery house. Fuller printed"
"1932. He is buried in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford. Grahame's cousin Anthony Hope, also a successful author, wrote his epitaph, which reads: ""To the beautiful memory of Kenneth Grahame, husband of Elspeth and father of Alastair, who passed the river on the 6th of July, 1932, leaving childhood and literature through him the more blest for all time."" While still a young man in his 20s, Grahame began to publish light stories in London periodicals such as the ""St. James Gazette"". Some of these stories were collected and published as ""Pagan Papers"" in 1893, and, two years later, ""The Golden Age""."
"vigorously; but throughout the controversy he preserved the moderation of his character. Absorbed by study and his duties, his life was largely undisturbed for thirty years until his death. He was buried in the choir of the Church of St. Amat, and an epitaph engraved on his tomb recalled, with his titles and qualities, his attachment to Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas as a faithful disciple of one and a lucid interpreter of the other, also his liberality towards the poor and religious, whom he made his heirs. At the commencement of his works, as at the beginning of"
"and about which he had written. Between these stones is a medallion of Cunninghame Graham (in his latter years) by the Liverpool born artist Alexander Proudfoot,RSA, who taught sculpture at Glasgow School of Art. Below the medallion is an epitaph, which reads: ""Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham 1852-1936 - Famous Author - Traveller and Horseman - Patriotic Scot and Citizen of the World - As Betokened by the Stones above. Died in Argentina, interred in Inchamahome - He Was a Master of Life - A King Among Men"" On the Argentinian stone, there is a portrait of his favourite horse ""Pampa"","
"memory of Elijah Fenton of Shelton in Staffordshire, who dyed at Easthampstead Anno 1730, aged forty seven years. In honour of his great integrity & Learning. William Trumbell Esq erected this monument. This modest stone what few vain marbles can May truly say, here lies an honest man A poet blest beyond the poets fate Whom heav'n left sacred from the proud and great Foe to loud praise and friend to learned ease Content with science in the vale of peace Calmly he look'd on either life & here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear From natur's temp'rate"
"of Argyll (installed 1749). George Vertue was one of the work's many admirers; it showed, he thought, ""the greatness of his genius in his invention, design and execution, in every part equal, if not superior, to any others"" outshining ""for nobleness and skill all those before done by the best sculptors this fifty years past"" The mourning figure of ""Eloquence"", the notably unkind John Thomas Smith found to be ""such a memorial of his powers, that even his friend Pope could not have equalled it by an epitaph"". Even when the patrons were prominent, the churches in which the monuments"