Richard Chandler

Richard Chandler [ tʃɑ ndlə ː ] (* 1738 in Elson, Hampshire, † February 9, 1810 in Tilehurst, Berkshire ) was a British classical archaeologist.

Life

Chandler visited only the Winchester College and later moved to the Oxford University. There he first studied at Queen's College, and later at Magdalen College. At the latter he became a Fellow and explored, inter alia, the antique collection of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel. He led this John Selden further research and on the basis of its " Marmora Arundelliana " Chandler could be 1763 " Marmora Oxoniensia " publish.

On behalf of the Dilettanti Societät Chandler traveled 1764 Ionia, Attica, Argolis and Elis. On this expedition he was accompanied by the architect Nicholas Revett (1720-1804) and the painter William Pars ( 1742-1782 ). 1766 returned to the group with a rich yield back to England.

Works (selection)

• Ionian antiquities. London 1769-1800 ( 2 vols ). ( online ( de ) )
• Inscriptiones Antiquae pleraeque Nondum editae, collectae in Asia Minori et Graccia praesertim Esquiline. Dodsley, Oxford 1774th (online)
• History of Ilium or Troy. Including the Adjacent country and the opposite coast of the Chersonesus of Thrace. Robson, London 1802. (Online)
• Travel in Asia Minor ( " Travels in Asia Minor ." 1775). Olms, Hildesheim 1976, ISBN 3-487-05997-5 ( Nachdr d ed Leipzig 1776) (on-line (s) )
• Travel in Greece ( " Travels in Greece ", 1776). Olms, Hildesheim 1976, ISBN 3-487-05741-7 ( Nachdr d ed Leipzig in 1777, translated by Heinrich Christian Boie ). (online)
• Travels in Asia Minor, and Greece, in two parts, London 1817 ( Part 1 online) (part 2 online)
• Marmora Oxoniensia. Oxford 1763rd (online)