Peter Martin (born 1940) is an
English literature
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scholar, biographer, and an 18th century garden historian. He was educated and has taught in the United States. He lives in England and Spain.
Biography
Martin has been a professor at
Miami University
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; the
College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William II ...
;
New England College in Arundale, West Sussex, England;
and in the English department of
Principia College
Principia College (Principia or Prin) is a private liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois. It was founded in 1912 by Mary Kimball Morgan with the purpose of "serving the Cause of Christian Science." "Although the College is not affiliated with ...
(1993–2002).
For several years, he was a garden historian for the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has 7300 employees at this location a ...
.
He has written several books on historical and biographical topics, including ''Samuel Johnson: A Biography'', ''A Life of James Boswell'', and about
Edmond Malone
Edmond Malone (4 October 174125 May 1812) was an Irish Shakespearean scholar and editor of the works of William Shakespeare.
Assured of an income after the death of his father in 1774, Malone was able to give up his law practice for at first p ...
.
His has written about gardens and gardening in Williamsburg and Colonial Virginia, including ''British and American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century'',
''The Gardening World of Alexander Pope'' and ''Pursuing Innocent Pleasures''.
He also created 'the dictionary wars' in American lexicography
and ''A Dog Called Perth'' about the 21-year relationship with his dog.
Martin was born and lived in Argentina until the age of ten. He is a 1962 graduate of the
Principia College
Principia College (Principia or Prin) is a private liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois. It was founded in 1912 by Mary Kimball Morgan with the purpose of "serving the Cause of Christian Science." "Although the College is not affiliated with ...
in
Elsah, Illinois
Elsah is a village in Jersey County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 519. Michael Pitchford is the village's current acting mayor.
It is the home of Principia College.
Elsah is a part of the Metro-East reg ...
.
He has lived in a village in
Sussex, England and
El Campello
El Campello (; es, Campello) is a town on the Costa Blanca of Spain, within the Valencian Community. It is a 20-minute tram ride from Alicante city. There is a busy marina and fish market.
The tower overlooking the harbour was built in the 16t ...
, Spain.
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1940 births
Living people
21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
American academics of English literature
20th-century American biographers
21st-century American biographers
Miami University faculty
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
Syracuse University alumni
Principia College faculty
College of William & Mary faculty
American male non-fiction writers
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