Nathaniel Howard

Nathaniel Howard, A Vocabulary, English and Greek (1808). Bibliolife, 2008. Courtesy Amazon.com.

Nathaniel Howard (1804-1832 fl.) was an English poet, translator, and author of textbooks.

Life

Howard was a charity boy from Tamerton, Devonshire. He was educated in Plymouth by John Bidlake. He translated Dante's Inferno, and wrote textbooks that went through multiple editions.

Publications

Nathaniel Howard, Bickleigh Vale, and other poems (1804). Forgotten Books, 2018. Courtesy Goodreads.

Poetry

• Bickleigh Vale, with other poems. York, UK: Murray, 1804.

Non-fiction

• A Vocabulary English and Greek, arranged systematically. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme / Rees & Curtis, Plymouth, 1808.
• Introductory Latin Exercises ... designed for the younger classes of learners. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1814.
• A Series of Latin Exercises: Selected from the best Roman writers. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1820.
• Select Latin Phrases: Taken from the best authors. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Greene, 1827.
• Introductory Greek Exercises ... arranged under models to assist the learner. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1832.

Translated

• Dante Alighieri, The Inferno; translated into English blank verse, with notes, historical, classical, and explanatory, and a life of the author. 1807.
• The Persecutor, with other poems from the Greek, Latin, Persian, Italian, and other languages. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1816.

.Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.

See also

• Translators of Dante
• List of British poets

External links

• Nathaniel Howard (1780 ca.-1832 fl.) at English Poetry, 1579-1830