Peter Martin (professor) explained

Peter Martin
Birth Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina^[1]
Nationality:	Argentina, United States, England, Spain
Education:	Principia College (1962), Syracuse University (2020)
Occupation:	Historian, biographer, English literature scholar
Known For:	English literature scholar

Peter Martin (born 1940) is an English literature scholar, biographer, and an 18th century garden historian. He was educated and has taught in the United States. He lives in England and Spain.

Biography

Martin has been a professor at Miami University;^[2] the College of William & Mary;^[3] New England College in Arundale, West Sussex, England; and in the English department of Principia College (1993–2002).^[4] For several years, he was a garden historian for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

He has written several books on historical and biographical topics, including Samuel Johnson: A Biography, A Life of James Boswell, and about Edmond Malone.^[5] His has written about gardens and gardening in Williamsburg and Colonial Virginia, including British and American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century,^[6] The Gardening World of Alexander Pope and Pursuing Innocent Pleasures.^[7] He also created 'the dictionary wars' in American lexicography and A Dog Called Perth about the 21-year relationship with his dog.

Martin was born and lived in Argentina until the age of ten. He is a 1962 graduate of the Principia College in Elsah, Illinois.^[8] He has lived in a village in Sussex, England and El Campello, Spain.

Published works

• Book: British and American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century: Eighteen Illustrated Essays . 1984 . Martin . Peter . . 978-0-87935-105-2.
• Book: Martin , Peter . Pursuing Innocent Pleasures: The Gardening World of Alexander Pope . registration . 1984 . Archon Books . 978-0-208-02011-6.
• Book: Martin , Peter . The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson . 1991 . . Princeton . 978-0-8139-2053-5.
• Book: Martin , Peter . Edmond Malone, Shakespearean Scholar: A Literary Biography . registration . 1995 . . 978-0-521-61982-0.
• Book: Martin , Peter . A Life of James Boswell . registration . 1999 . . London . 978-0-297-81809-0.
• Book: Martin , Peter . A Dog Called Perth: The True Story of a Beagle . 2001 . . 978-1-55970-652-0.
• Book: The Essential Boswell: Selections from the Writings of James Boswell . Martin . Peter . 2003 . Weidenfeld & Nicolson . 978-0-297-60718-2.
• Book: Martin , Peter . Samuel Johnson: A Biography . 2008 . Weidenfeld & Nicolson . London . 978-0-297-60719-9.
• Book: Martin , Peter . Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings . 2009 . . 978-0-674-03585-0.
• Book: Martin , Peter . The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language . 2019 . . 978-0-691-18891-1.

Further reading

• Review of The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson . Craig . Robert M. . . 1992 . 26 . 1 . 176–9 . 0013-2586 . 10.2307/2739262. 2739262 .
• Review of The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson . Wilson . David Scofield . . 1993 . 50 . 1 . 209–211 . 0043-5597 . 10.2307/2947253. 2947253 .
• Review of The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson . Linden-Ward . Blanche . . 1992 . 12 . 1 . 102–104 . 0275-1275 . 10.2307/3123984. 3123984 .
• Review of The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson . Quitt . Martin H. . . 1993 . 101 . 1 . 160–2 . 0042-6636 . 4249335 .
• Appropriation and Adaptation: Early Gardening Literature in America . O'Malley . Therese . . 1992 . 55 . 3 . 401–31 . 0018-7895 . 10.2307/3817685. 3817685 .
• Review of Edmond Malone, Shakespearean Scholar: A Literary Biography . Scanlan . J. T. . . 1998 . 97 . 3 . 444–7 . 0363-6941 . 27711715 .
• News: Blame it on Boswell . Taylor . Christopher . . 9 August 2008 . 4 August 2010.
• News: Not tired of this life . Hensher . Philip . . 2 August 2008 . 4 August 2010.
• News: Samuel Johnson: A Biography by Peter Martin . Fergusson . James . . 17 August 2008 . 4 August 2010.
• News: Lives of Johnson . Price . Leah . . 30 January 2009 . 4 August 2010.
• News: Samuel Johnson: A Biography, By Peter Martin . Robshaw . Brandon . . 20 December 2009 . 5 August 2010.
• News: Money Made Him Do It: What Samuel Johnson can teach us about writing . Kirsch . Adam . . 23 February 2009 . 5 August 2010.
• News: A Melancholy Man of Letters . Johnston . George Sim . . A23 . 18 September 2008 . 5 August 2010.
• Dr Johnson's Heart . Cook . Daniel . . 2010 . 39 . 2 . 186–95 . 10.1093/camqtly/bfq006.
• News: Boswell's Boswell . Rawson . Claude . . 7 January 2001 . 5 August 2010 . Martin's is not the first biography to make use of the Yale archive. Boswell's earlier and later careers were written up by Frederick A. Pottle and Frank Brady, in two densely documented, though readable, works of record. This new life of James Boswell makes available to nonscholarly readers a vivid and sensitively observed narrative that takes account of the full range of new information..
• Review of A Life of James Boswell . Shinagel . Michael . . 2001 . 20 . 161–3 . 27568530 .
• Review of A Life of James Boswell . Korshin . Paul J. . . 2003 . 102 . 3 . 438–42 . 27712365 .
• Something Old, Something New: Two Recent (and Contradictory) Portraits of James Boswell . Baruth . Philip . . 2002 . 35 . 2 . 279–84 . 10.1353/ecs.2002.0002 . 162310261 . 1086-315X.
• News: A-whoring we go . Hitchings . Henry . . 6 September 1999 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110111075126/http://www.newstatesman.com/199909060047 . 5 August 2010 . 2011-01-11 . In conveying a picture of this constant wavering, Martin's treatment of his material is dextrous and assured, and he offers a refreshingly ambiguous portrait of his subject..
• News: Triumph of an Artist . Holmes . Richard . . 20 September 2001 . 5 August 2010.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peter Martin . 2021-10-16 . www.goodreads.com.
2. Book: Inness . Sherrie A. . Breaking Boundaries: New Perspectives on Women's Regional Writing . Royer . Diana . 1997 . University of Iowa Press . 978-1-58729-115-9 . en.
3. News: 1980-08-14 . Colonists changed to natural style . 12 . The Daily News Leader . 2021-10-16.
4. Web site: A Life of James Boswell – Martin, Peter – Yale University Press. 5 August 2010.
5. Web site: 2021-09-07 . Peter Martin – American professor . 2021-10-16 . Oak Lawn Library Friends . en.
6. Web site: November 2018 . Curtis Square Research Design . 2021-10-16 . Colonial Williamsburg Foundation . 1, 52.
7. News: Blythe . Ronald . 1985-02-10 . The Greening of Twickenham . en-US . The New York Times . 2021-10-16 . 0362-4331.
8. Web site: Principia Alumni - 50th Class . 2021-10-16 . Principia College.