John Carlyle

GPTKB entity

Properties (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Scottish_Enlightenment
Victorian literature
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:birthDate 1795-12-04
gptkbp:burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery
gptkbp:deathDate 1881-02-05
gptkbp:famousQuote "A loving heart is the truest wisdom."
"No pressure, no diamonds."
"The first duty of a man is to think for himself."
"History is the essence of innumerable biographies."
"The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none."
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Carlyle
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
Leo Tolstoy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe
Immanuel Kant
gptkbp:knownFor Literary criticism
Social criticism
Critique of the Industrial Revolution
gptkbp:language English
German
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Sartor_Resartus
The_French_Revolution:_A_History
On_Heroes,_Hero-Worship,_and_the_Heroic_in_History
gptkbp:occupation Essayist
Historian
Philosopher
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Ecclefechan,_Scotland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jane_Welsh_Carlyle
gptkbp:website https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle