Robert Nisbet Bain

Robert Nisbet Bain (* 1854, † May 1909 ) was a British historian, folklorist and linguist who published work on the Scandinavian and Russian history as well as translations from Scandinavian, Slavic and Hungarian language thanks to its comprehensive language skills.

Life

In addition to his work in the library of the British Museum as an assistant librarian, he dealt with Scandinavian and Slavic history. He also translated fairy tales and legends from Ukrainian, Russian language and even the Hungarian into English. The National Library of Scotland has a collection of letters from 1876 and 1896. His works to the Swedish history of the 18th century and early tsars saw many editions. Significantly, he is also one of the first biographers and translators Hans Christian Andersen.

In his translations he went because of its versatile language skills with respect for the original before, but not afraid to wegzukürzen even a third of digressions:

In particular, in the United States with his translations and historical writings were so popular that The American Historical Review published a short obituary on the death of 54 -year-old Bains.

Writings

History

  • Gustavus III. and his contemporaries 1746-1792. 2 vols. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, London 1894.
  • The daughter of Peter the Great. A history of Russian diplomacy. Archibald Constable, Westminster, 1899.
  • Peter III. Emperor of Russian. The story of a crisis and a crime. Archibald Constable, London 1902.
  • Scandinavia. A political history of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1513 to 1900. University Press, Cambridge, 1905.
  • The last King of Poland and his contemporaries. Methuen, London, 1909.
  • Charles XII and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire from 1682 to 1719. NA Kessinger. 2006, ISBN 1-4326-1903-9.

Lore

  • Russian Fairy Tales. In 1892.
  • Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. Lawrence and Bullen, London 1894.
  • Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. In 1896.
  • Tales from Tolstoy. In 1901.
  • Tales from Gorky. In 1902.

Translations

  • Mór Jókai: Egy Magyar Nábob. English 1850: . A Hungarian Nabob. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1899.
  • The Day of Wrath.
  • The Poor Plutocrats.
  • Weird Tales from Northern Seas.
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