Edward Fairfax
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Edward Fairfax (c. 1580 – 27 January 1635) was an English translator.<ref>Bullen, Arthur Henry (1889). "Fairfax, Edward". In Dictionary of National Biography. 18. London. pp. 131-132. Errata appended, 1904.</ref><ref>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fairfax, Edward". Encyclopædia Britannica. 10. (11th ed.) Cambridge University Press. p. 130.</ref> He translated Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered. He also wrote an original work on demonology.
Life
He was the natural son of Sir Thomas Fairfax the elder, of Denton in Yorkshire, and a half-brother of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1560–1640). Fairfax lived at New Hall, Fewston,<ref name="wg">The History and Topology of Harrogate and Knaresbourough Forest by William Grainge</ref> near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.
He is best known for his translation of Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, considered a masterpiece.<ref>Tasso, T., Fairfax, E. (1818). Godfrey of Bulloigne; or, The recovery of Jerusalem: done into English heroical verse, from the Italian of Tasso. 5th ed., reprinted from the original folio of 1600. London: Printed for Edwards and Knibb.</ref> It is one of the comparatively few translations which in themselves are literature and was highly praised by John Dryden. The first edition appeared in 1600, and was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Fairfax also wrote a treatise on demonology,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> in which he was a devout believer.Template:Sfn
Edward's daughters Elizabeth and Anne were baptised in the village church of Fewston in 1606 and 1621 respectively.<ref name="wg" />
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