Memorial: M520

Wall tablet in Bristol Cathedral commemorating Richard Hakluyt d. 1616

Location

Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of GOD / and the pious Memory of / RICHARD HAKLUYT. A.M, / Queen's scholar of Winchester School / Student of Christ Church, Oxford, / sometime Archdeacon of Westminster, and for / thirty Years Prebendary of this Cathedral Church. / MDLXXXVI - MDCXVI / who by his historical Collections, earned the / Gratitude both of his Country, and of this ancient Port / His studious Imagination / discovered new Paths for geographical Science / and his patriotic Labours rescued from Oblivion / not a few of those who went down to the Sea in Ships / to be Harbingers of Empire, discovering new Lands / and finding larger Room for their Race. / A.S. MDCCCCX / "The ardent Love of my Country devoured / all Difficulties." / From Hakluyt's Dedication prefixed to the / Second Edition of his Voyages'

Details

Description: Oval marble tablet surrounded by a carved wreath of oak.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North choir aisle
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1910

People

Hakluyt, Richard
Age: 64
Date of Death: 1616
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Writer and Publisher of voyage narratives
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters