Thomas Noon Talfourd
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Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of a successful brewer. He was educated at Hendon and at the Reading grammar school. At age 18 he moved to London to study law under Joseph Chitty. He also worked for the London Magazine and wrote occasionally for several other periodicals. In 1821 he was called to the bar and joined the Oxford circuit and became the law reporter for The Times. In 1835 he was won the MP seat for the Borough of Reading. Also in 1835 he was created a serjeant-at-law and in 1849 he became judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1836 his play Ion was produced, with productions following in the United States. In 1837 he introduced a copyright bill into the House of Commons, which finally passed in 1842, after he had left Parliament. In the meantime, he had continued to write successful plays and other works.
Books
Critical and miscellaneous writings of T. Noon Talfourd, author of "Ion."
Speech for the defendant, in the prosecution of the Queen v. Moxon, for the publication of Shelley's works
Three speeches delivered in the House of Commons in favour of a measure for an extension of copyright
Ion
"Im Ion stellt der jugendliche Platon eine Seite des historischen Sokrates dar, die in den Dialogen, die nach dessen Verurteilung und Hinrichtung verfasst sind, nicht mehr zentrales Thema ist. Platon, wie auch andere aus der jugendlichen Intelligenz Athens waren fasziniert von jenem Mann, der in Wortgefechten mit wechselnden Partnern ständig triumphiert. Ion, ein Rhapsode, glaubt in diesem Dialog zu wissen, der Beste seines Faches zu sein. Grundsätzlich nicht auf der Höhe der Diskussion wird er jedoch im Gespräch von Sokrates vorgeführt. Es zeigt sich, dass er über seine Tätigkeit nicht vernünftig Rechenschaft ablegen kann. Der Kommentar erschließt den Text für den heutigen Leser und gibt philologische, historische und thematische Erläuterungen."--Publisher's description from Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Targum Onkelos to Deuteronomy (Dramatic works?)
Somehow, the file for Drazin's Targum Onkelos to Deuteronomy was swapped for Ion: A Tragedy in Five Acts by Thomas Noon Talfourd (1837).