James Anthony Froude
From Philosopedia
Froude, James Anthony]] (1818—1894)
Froude was son of an Archdeacon of Totnes. He became a rationalist and abandoned his clerical life, explaining the change in Nemesis of Faith (1848).
The editor of Fraser’s Magazine for many years, he wrote Life of Carlyle (1882), which provoked much controversy because, stated Joseph McCabe, of its “giving away the early impotence of Carlyle.”
His translation of Lucian’s most characteristic Dialogue of the Gods, Joseph M. Wheeler wrote, “is done with too much verve to allow of the supposition that the translator is not in sympathy with his author.”
