Sir william temple gardens of epicurus biography

English diplomat, politician and writer

For other people with the same name, see William Temple (disambiguation).

Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (25 April 1628 – 27 January 1699) was an English diplomat, politician and writer.

An important diplomat, he was recalled in 1679, and for a brief period was a leading advisor to Charles II of England, with whom he then fell out. Temple subsequently retired to the countryside, and thereafter occupied himself with gardening and writing.

He is best remembered today for two aspects of his life after retirement: a passage on the designs of Chinese gardens, written without ever having seen one, and for employing a young Jonathan Swift as his secretary.

Sir William Temple upon the gardens of Epicurus, with other XVIIth century garden essays.

Sir William Temple was born in the reign of.

Sir William Temple Upon The Gardens Of Epicurus: With Other Seventeenth Century Garden Essays is a book written by William Temple and published in

Sir William Temple, diplomat, statesman, and writer, retired to his garden in the s and wrote what has become one of the key texts.

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The first is sometimes given as an early indication of the English landscape garden style, praising irregularity in design.

Biography

William Temple was the son of Sir John Temple of Dublin, an Irish judge and Master of the Rolls.

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