Symonds, John Addington

Symonds, John Addington, 1840-93, English author. Educated at Harrow and Oxford, constant ill health exiled him for the greater part of his life to Italy and Switzerland. His many writings include travel books, Sketches in Italy and Greece (1874) and Italian Byways (1883); literary essays, Introduction to the Study of Dante (1872) and Studies of Greek Poets (1873-76); biographies of Shelley (1878), Sir Philip Sidney (1886), Ben Jonson (1886), and Michelangelo (1893); a masterly translation of the autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (1888); and several volumes of verse, notably Many Moods (1878) and Animi Figura (1882). Symonds's major work, The Renaissance in Italy (7 vol., 1875-86), is a classic collection of sketches in cultural history.

(born Oct. 5, 1840, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died April 19, 1893, Rome) English essayist, poet, and biographer. He traveled extensively for his health, finally settling in Switzerland. His chief work, Renaissance in Italy (1875–86), is a series of extended essays on cultural history. His writings include translations, travel sketches, several volumes of poetry, and studies of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ben Jonson, Sir Philip Sidney, Michelangelo, and Walt Whitman. A Problem in Greek Ethics (written 1871) and A Problem in Modern Ethics (1881) were among the first serious works treating homosexuality. His Memoirs (first published 1984) contains a frank account of his sexuality.

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Addington may refer to:

Places

Addington as a place name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Eadda's estate'.

In Australia:

• Addington, Victoria

In Canada:

• Addington, Ontario
• Addington County, Ontario (now Lennox and Addington County, Ontario)
• Addington Highlands, Ontario
• Addington (electoral district)

In England:

• Addington, Bradford
• Addington, Buckinghamshire
• Addington, Cornwall
• Addington, Kent
• Addington long barrow an archaeological site nearby
• Addington, Lancashire, near Carnforth
• Addington, London, site of the following:
• Addington Palace
• Addington Park
• Addington Village tram stop
• Addington Cricket Club
• New Addington, site of the following:
• Addington Vale park
• Addington High School
• New Addington tram stop
• Addington Hills park, in Upper Shirley, formerly part of Addington
• Great Addington, Northamptonshire

In New Zealand:

• Addington, New Zealand

In the United States:

• Addington Mill, North Carolina
• Addington, Oklahoma
• Addington, Virginia

People

• Anthony Addington (1713-1790), physician, writer
• Crandell Addington, poker player, one of the founders of the World Series of Poker
• David Addington, chief of staff to Dick Cheney
• Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804
• Stephen Addington (1729-1796), minister
• Steve Addington, NASCAR crew chief
• Addington Bruce, Canadian/American journalist and author
• John Addington Symonds, (1840-1893) English poet and literary critic

Things

• Baron Addington, a title in the Peerage of the UK
• Addington Field, an airport serving Elizabethtown, Kentucky
• Addington Workshops, a railway facility in Christchurch, New Zealand