There’s an entire chapter on Mitchell’s (ultimately hopeless, but noble) attempt to get Fritz more involved with German literature by introducing him to some actual German writers
Yeah, basically it's always true that the more I hear about Mitchell the more awesome I think he is :D
Three candidates we know: Algarotti (of course he did)
HAHAHAHAHA
it also shows that the "Fritz cried at Mitchell's funeral" story which partly still makes it into modern biographies is a fabrication with no contemporary evidence;
what
the same PhD writer earlier demonstrates he, too, hasn't read Koser's Catt-demolishing preface by taking the memoirs as utterly reliable and proving Catt's closeness to Fritz.
Three candidates we know: Algarotti (of course he did)
HAHAHAHAHA
Oh, was this news to you guys? I suppose I didn't bring it up when I encountered it in the Algarotti dissertation. I thought I had put it in the chronology, but apparently all I put was that Algarotti was elected. Anyway, yeah, Algarotti was looking for a job, and immediately (less than a month) after arriving in England, gets himself made a Fellow of the Royal Society. It's all part of his great networking scheme to get his dream job! And yes, Mitchell, who had been in England longer than 3 weeks, was already a member and sponsored him (and generally helped introduce him to people as part of the great networking scheme).
Mostly I was laughing because like I keep saying about Fritz and Voltaire I am also a metaphorical teenager and was thinking about Mitchell and Algarotti being lovers, and Mitchell putting up his glamorous Italian lover for sponsorship. :D
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Re: Andrew Mitchell PhD thesis
Date: 2021-02-20 06:05 pm (UTC)Yeah, basically it's always true that the more I hear about Mitchell the more awesome I think he is :D
Three candidates we know: Algarotti (of course he did)
HAHAHAHAHA
it also shows that the "Fritz cried at Mitchell's funeral" story which partly still makes it into modern biographies is a fabrication with no contemporary evidence;
what
the same PhD writer earlier demonstrates he, too, hasn't read Koser's Catt-demolishing preface by taking the memoirs as utterly reliable and proving Catt's closeness to Fritz.
oh noooo. CATT!
Re: Andrew Mitchell PhD thesis
Date: 2021-02-20 06:10 pm (UTC)HAHAHAHAHA
Oh, was this news to you guys? I suppose I didn't bring it up when I encountered it in the Algarotti dissertation. I thought I had put it in the chronology, but apparently all I put was that Algarotti was elected. Anyway, yeah, Algarotti was looking for a job, and immediately (less than a month) after arriving in England, gets himself made a Fellow of the Royal Society. It's all part of his great networking scheme to get his dream job! And yes, Mitchell, who had been in England longer than 3 weeks, was already a member and sponsored him (and generally helped introduce him to people as part of the great networking scheme).
Re: Andrew Mitchell PhD thesis
Date: 2021-02-21 12:45 am (UTC)like I keep saying about Fritz and VoltaireI am also a metaphorical teenager and was thinking about Mitchell and Algarotti being lovers, and Mitchell putting up his glamorous Italian lover for sponsorship. :D