Family Name: Needler
First Name: Henry
Birth Date: 1688
Birth Place: Horley
Death Date: 1716
Death Place: Rochester
Personal info:
Education

There is no indication about his education other than a 'private school' he attended in Reigate, Surrey, from which he was removed in 1705.

He later on acquired a solid knowledge of the classics of ancient literature, logic, metaphisics and mathematic by himself.
Career

In 1708 he entered the Navy Office, where he worked until his death.
Other Works

translations activities

Although he never published any of them during his short life, all of his scattered translations are included in his Works, published posthumously by his friend William Duncombe.

With competence, Needler dedicated some of his leisure time to Latin poetry, such as Horace's Odes and Ovid's Metamorphoses. He also took delight in translating passages of Nicholas Malebranche's De la recherche de la verité and Hugo Grotius' De docta ignorantia.

Needler's literary activities also included commentaries on translations by others, and paraphrases of classical works.


secondary bibliography references

W. Duncombe, ed., The works of Henry Needler. Consisting in original poems, translations, essays, and letters, John Watts, London, 1724.

R. Inglesfield, "Needler, Henry (1690-1718)", in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.

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  • Giovanni Lista