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Thomas Whately (1726 – 26 May 1772), an English politician and writer, was a Member of Parliament (1761–1768) who served as Commissioner on the Board of Trade, as Secretary to the Treasury under Lord Grenville, and as Under-secretary of State under Lord North (1771–1772).
Thomas Whately (1726/28–1772) is generally remembered as a politician, although garden historians often see him only as the author of Observations on Modern Gardening. He was well known in public life and recognised also as a well-informed and cultured man with a literary bent.
31 de ago. de 2023 · Thomas Whatley's Observations on Modern Gardening (1770) is the first contemporary study of what has come to be known as the English landscape garden, often claimed to be the country's greatestoriginal contribution to the fine arts.
- Michael Symes
- 2016
The key-sources for this paper, Thomas Whately’s Observations on Modern gardening (1770) and Joseph Heely’s Letters on the beauties of Hagley, Envil and the Leasowes (1777) have very different positions in this narrative of the development of a theoretical dis-course concerning the landscape garden. While Wha-
5 de jul. de 2016 · Thomas Whately (1726/28–1772) is generally remembered as a politician, although garden historians often see him only as the author of Observations on Modern Gardening. He was well known in public life and recognised also as a well-informed and cultured man with a literary bent.
Overview. Thomas Whately. (1726—1772) politician and author. Quick Reference. ( c. 1728–1772) Whately was born in Epsom, Surrey probably in 1728, and died in London on 26 May 1772. He entered the Middle Temple in 1748 and was called to ... From: Whately, Thomas in The Biographical Dictionary of British Economists »
12 de dic. de 2016 · The modest entry for Thomas Whately (1726–1772) in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography concentrates on his career as politician and administrator. It concludes that otherwise little can be ...
