John Anster facts for kids

John Anster (born 1793, died 1867) was an Irish professor and poet. He taught law at Trinity College Dublin, a famous university in Ireland.

John Anster's Life Story

John Anster was born in Charleville, County Cork, a town in County Cork, Ireland. He went to Trinity College Dublin starting in 1814. This is one of Ireland's oldest and most respected universities.

After his studies, he became a lawyer in 1824. He also loved to write. He wrote many essays and poems for different magazines, like the Amulet and the North British Review.

Later, he became a special professor of civil law at Trinity College Dublin. This means he taught about laws that deal with private citizens and their relationships. He held this important job from 1837.

One of Anster's most famous works was his translation of Faust. This is a very long and famous play by the German writer Goethe. Anster first published parts of his translation in 1820. He then released the first full part in 1835 and the second part in 1864. His translation was popular in both England and America.

He also wrote for the Dublin University Magazine for many years, from 1837 to 1856.

John Anster's Published Works

Here are some of the books and poems John Anster published:

• Ode to Fancy, with Other Poems (1815)
• Lines on the Death of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales (1818)
• Poems with Some Translations from the German (1819)
• Goethe's Faust (1820) - Early parts of his famous translation
• Xeniola (1824)
• Faustus: A Dramatic Mystery; The Bride of Connth; The First Walpurgis Night (1835) - A full version of his Faust translation
• Xeniola: Poems including Translations from Schiller and de la Motte-Fouqué (1837)
• The Fairy Child in the Ballad Poetry of Ireland (1845) - A poem included in a collection
• Introductory Lecture on the Study of the Roman Civil Law (1850)
• Schiller (1856) - An article about the writer Schiller
• Faustus: The Second Part, from the German of Goethe (1864) - The second part of his Faust translation
• German Literature at the Close of the Last Century and the Commencement of the Present (1864) - An essay about German literature