Historedia
Person

Charles Lock Eastlake

Events
2
Episodes
3
Years
1793–1840

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Charles Lock Eastlake, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Goethe publishes Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours)

    1793

    Role: Translator

    1. 1793 · unspecified in sourcesDevelopment of Arguments Against Newton

      Goethe formulated arguments against Newton's optics by 1793, building on Castel's earlier criticisms.

  2. First English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours published

    1840

    Role: Translator

    1. 1840 · Place of publication not stated in supplied passagesPublication of the English Translation

      Charles Lock Eastlake's English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours was published in 1840, rendering the German text of 1810 accessible to English readers.

    2. 1840 · Place of publication not stated in supplied passagesOmission of Goethe's Polemic Against Newton

      In translating the text into English in 1840, Eastlake omitted the content of Goethe's polemic against Newton from the published translation.

Sources

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
  2. Charles Lock Eastlake Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09