Frederic Shoberl
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Frederic Shoberl also known as Frederick Schoberl, was an English journalist, editor, translator and writer. Schoberl edited Forget Me Not
, the first literary annual, issued at Christmas "for 1823" and translated The Hunchback of Notre Dame
.
at the Fulneck Moravian Settlement
in West Yorkshire
.
From 1809 he began editing Rudolph Ackermann
's '‘Repository of Arts
’' which had just started and was only at its third edition. Ackermann was seen as the populariser of aquatint engraving and his Repository of Arts was intended to cover "arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions, and politics". At the beginning of February 1814, Schoberl and Henry Colburn
founded and became co-proprietors of the ‘New Monthly Magazine’. For some time Schoberl was editor, writing many of the articles and reviews and editing Ackermann's magazine.
From 27 June 1818 to 27 Nov. 1819 he was printer and publisher of the ‘'Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and Plymouth Journal'’. The latter was published in Truro
in Cornwall.
In 1822 he was the founding editor of Ackermann's ‘'The Forget-me-not
'’ which was an annual
, a new type of publication in England. This was the first literary annual in English Shoberl continued to edit the annual until 1834. Shoberl was also began overseeing Ackerman's junior annual, The juvenile Forget-me-not from 1828 until 1832.
In addition to these editing tasks Shoberl was also an illustrator. He created his own hand-colored engravings for The World in Miniature: Hindoostan which was published in London by Ackerman in the 1820s.
Schoberl married Theodosia and they had two sons. William was an assistant to Henry Colburn, and then a publisher in Great Marlborough Street
and Frederic, who was printer to Prince Albert in Rupert Street and died a year before his father. His wife died on 18 Dec. 1838.
Shoberl died at Thistle Grove, Brompton
, London, on 5 March 1853, and was buried in Kensal Green cemetery
a week later.
, Sir Walter Scott and Mary Wollstonecraft
. The artwork that was included has also been digitised which continues Shoberl's poetry. It was the editor and publisher's job to identify and then borrow artwork for the magazine. Many of the artists chosen were Royal Academicians
and a considerable fee would have to be negotiated. Once engraved the artwork was then used to solicit accompanying texts.
Forget-Me-Not (annual)
The Forget-Me-Not was an illustrated, British annual published by Rudolph Ackermann. This was the first literary annual in English and it was edited by Frederic Shoberl from its launch in 1822. A junior version appeared in 1828.-History:...
, the first literary annual, issued at Christmas "for 1823" and translated The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1831. The French title refers to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, on which the story is centered.-Background:...
.
Biography
Shoberl was born in London in 1775, and educated at the Moravian schoolFulneck School
Fulneck school is a small, independent boarding school, situated in the Fulneck Moravian Settlement, in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England. It provides education for pupils between the ages of 3 and 18.-History:...
at the Fulneck Moravian Settlement
Fulneck Moravian Settlement
Fulneck Moravian Settlement is a village in Pudsey in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1744. It is named after Fulneck , the German name of a town in Northern Moravia, Czech Republic....
in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
.
From 1809 he began editing Rudolph Ackermann
Rudolph Ackermann
Rudolph Ackermann was an Anglo-German bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman.- Biography :...
's '‘Repository of Arts
Ackermann's Repository
Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated, British periodical published from 1809-1829 by Rudolph Ackermann. Although commonly called Ackermann's Repository, or, simply Ackerman's, the formal title of the journal was Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions, and...
’' which had just started and was only at its third edition. Ackermann was seen as the populariser of aquatint engraving and his Repository of Arts was intended to cover "arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions, and politics". At the beginning of February 1814, Schoberl and Henry Colburn
Henry Colburn
Henry Colburn , British publisher, obtained his earliest experience of book-selling in London at the establishment of W...
founded and became co-proprietors of the ‘New Monthly Magazine’. For some time Schoberl was editor, writing many of the articles and reviews and editing Ackermann's magazine.
From 27 June 1818 to 27 Nov. 1819 he was printer and publisher of the ‘'Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and Plymouth Journal'’. The latter was published in Truro
Truro
Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...
in Cornwall.
In 1822 he was the founding editor of Ackermann's ‘'The Forget-me-not
Forget-Me-Not (annual)
The Forget-Me-Not was an illustrated, British annual published by Rudolph Ackermann. This was the first literary annual in English and it was edited by Frederic Shoberl from its launch in 1822. A junior version appeared in 1828.-History:...
'’ which was an annual
Annual publication
An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. For example, a weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to the regular publication....
, a new type of publication in England. This was the first literary annual in English Shoberl continued to edit the annual until 1834. Shoberl was also began overseeing Ackerman's junior annual, The juvenile Forget-me-not from 1828 until 1832.
In addition to these editing tasks Shoberl was also an illustrator. He created his own hand-colored engravings for The World in Miniature: Hindoostan which was published in London by Ackerman in the 1820s.
Schoberl married Theodosia and they had two sons. William was an assistant to Henry Colburn, and then a publisher in Great Marlborough Street
Great Marlborough Street
Great Marlborough Street runs west to east through the western part of Soho in London. At its western end it joins Regent Street. Streets intersecting, or meeting with, Great Marlborough Street are, from west to east, Kingly Street, Argyll Street, Carnaby Street, and Poland Street...
and Frederic, who was printer to Prince Albert in Rupert Street and died a year before his father. His wife died on 18 Dec. 1838.
Shoberl died at Thistle Grove, Brompton
Brompton
A Brompton, Brompton, or The Brompton can be:* Brompton, London, England* Brompton Oratory, a Catholic church* Brompton Bicycle, the largest bicycle manufacturer in the United Kingdom* Holy Trinity Brompton Church, an Anglican church...
, London, on 5 March 1853, and was buried in Kensal Green cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in Kensal Green, in the west of London, England. It was immortalised in the lines of G. K. Chesterton's poem The Rolling English Road from his book The Flying Inn: "For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen; Before we go to Paradise by way of...
a week later.
Legacy
In addition to the selected works below and his illustrations, Shoberl's editing is still being viewed. The Forget-Me-Not publications are being digitised because of their value. Poetry that was published includes works by Hester ThraleHester Thrale
Hester Lynch Thrale was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and 18th-century life.-Biography:Thrale was born at Bodvel Hall, Caernarvonshire, Wales...
, Sir Walter Scott and Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book...
. The artwork that was included has also been digitised which continues Shoberl's poetry. It was the editor and publisher's job to identify and then borrow artwork for the magazine. Many of the artists chosen were Royal Academicians
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
and a considerable fee would have to be negotiated. Once engraved the artwork was then used to solicit accompanying texts.
Selected works
- 1814 -- Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and Near Leipzig...14th to the 19th October 1813 London: Ackermann (Compiled and translated from the German by Frederic shoberl)
- 1816 -- A biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland (with John Watkins and William Upcott)
- 1816 -- A historical account, interspersed with biographical anecdotes, of the house of Saxony
- 1821 -- The World in Miniature
- 1822 -- Illustrations of Japan; consisting of Private Memoirs and Anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of The Djogouns, or Sovereigns of Japan; a description of the Feasts and Ceremonies observed throughout the year at their Court; and of the Ceremonies customary at Marriages and Funerals: to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their poetry, an explanation of their mode of reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosia powder, the preface of a work by Confoutzee on filial piety, &c. &c. by M. TitsinghIsaac TitsinghIsaac Titsingh FRS was a Dutch surgeon, scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador.During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the Dutch East India Company . He represented the European trading company in exclusive official contact with Tokugawa Japan...
, formerly Chief Agent to the Dutch East India CompanyDutch East India CompanyThe Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...
at NangasakiNagasakiis the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the second half of the 16th century on the site of a small fishing village, formerly part of Nishisonogi District...
. Translated from the French, by Frederic Shoberl with coloured plates, faithfully copied from Japanese original designs. London: Ackermann.
- 1828 -- Persia
- 1828 -- Austria; containing a description of the manners, customs, charachter and costumes of the people of that empire (Philadephia; digital edition on the website of the Austrian National Library: http://aleph.onb.ac.at:80/F/TBR57235FF639M73DPA28QFL1MSY3GN8M76KTSGX9BN1G7NGJP-14022?func=service&doc_library=ONB01&doc_number=003484186&line_number=0002&func_code=WEB-FULL&service_type=MEDIA)
- 1829 -- Turkey, being a description of the manners, customs, dresses and other peculiarities characteristic of the inhabitants.
- 1833 -- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame translation - just two years after the French publication.
- 1839 -- The Language of Flowers.
- 1840 -- Lights and Shades of Military Life, a translation of Alfred de VignyAlfred de VignyAlfred Victor de Vigny was a French poet, playwright, and novelist.-Life:Alfred de Vigny was born in Loches into an aristocratic family...
's Servitude et grandeur militairesServitude et grandeur militairesServitude et grandeur militaires is a book in three parts by Alfred de Vigny, published in 1835. Difficult to categorize, it is not a novel but a succession of short stories sometimes loosely based on episodes within Vigny’s own experience...
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- 1843 -- Frederick the Great, his court and times (with Thomas Campbell)
External links
- Forget Me Not Archive, University of Miami (in Ohio)