Lewis Page Mercier
English clergyman and translator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reverend Lewis Page Mercier (9 January 1820 – 2 November 1875)[1] is known today as the translator, along with Eleanor Elizabeth King, of three of the best-known novels of Jules Verne: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas,[2] From the Earth to the Moon, and Around the Moon. To avoid a conflict of interest with his position as chaplain, Mercier wrote under the pen names of Louis Mercier, MA (Oxon) and Mercier Lewis.[3]
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Lewis Page Mercier | |
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Born | 9 January 1820 |
Died | 2 November 1875 (aged 55) |
Nationality | British |
Education | BA (Oxon) 1841, M.A. 1855 |
Occupation(s) | Chaplain of the Foundling Hospital, 1861-73 |
Known for | Translator of Jules Verne's novels |
Spouse | Anna Marie Hovell |
Children | 11 |
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