Thomas Carlyle

Jane and Thomas Carlyle returned to Craigenputtoch after six months in London.

In later years Irving and Jane Welsh became strongly attracted to one another; however, Irving was engaged and the romance was not pursued. Instead, Irving introduced her to his best friend: Thomas Carlyle .

JWC and her husband Thomas spent the winter in Edinburgh.

But by the end of his first visit, Jane Welsh agreed to allow Carlyle to supervise her reading, and on his departure he provided her with a list of books by authors including Tasso ,...

Thomas Carlyle decided that he and his wife should move to London.

Jane Welsh wrote to her cousin Jeannie Welsh on her engagement to Thomas Carlyle : Oh, if I might write my own biography from beginning to end—without reservation or false colouring—it would be an invaluable...

Jane and Thomas Carlyle moved to 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, where they lived for the rest of their lives.

Jane then evaluates her current beaus by Rousseau's standards. Thomas Carlyle , whom she has just recently met, is something liker to St Preux than George Craig is to Wolmar. He has his talents, his...

John Ruskin and his wife, Effie , paid a visit to the CarlylesThomas Carlyle in Cheyne Row.

JWC 's highly autobiographical letters have been critiqued as having no vision beyond the domestic, no focus beyond the self, but this persistent focus on the details of her private sphere has also been...

Lady Harriet Baring , admirer of Thomas Carlyle and thorn in the flesh of Jane Welsh Carlyle , died.

Thomas Carlyle was the first to prepare a collection of JWC 's letters for publication. Shortly after her death in 1866—full of sorrow at her loss and regret at his neglect of her—he began assembling...

Margaret Oliphant 's visits to the Carlyles in London led to her close friendship with Jane Welsh Carlyle .

Bliss hoped that her edition would allow JWC to write her own story. Her chronologically-organised collection includes letters from 1821 through 1866 and incorporates lengthy explanations by Bliss and occasional annotations by Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle was installed as Rector of Edinburgh University .