Introduction

Biography

Son of George Car­lyle, Joseph was edu­cat­ed first at Christ­church, then at Queens’ Col­lege, Cam­bridge (AB 1779, AM 1782, STB 1793).

He served as a profess­or of Ar­ab­ic for five years at Cam­bridge, and lat­er vicar of New­cas­tle up­on Tyne and Chan­cel­lor of Car­lisle.

In 1799, he ac­com­pa­nied Tho­mas Bruce, Earl of El­gin, to Con­stan­ti­no­ple (now Is­tan­bul, Tür­ki­ye) to ex­plore the trea­sures of the city’s pub­lic lib­ra­ry. He even­tu­al­ly ex­tend­ed his jour­ney into As­ia Mi­nor and near­by islands.

His hymns ap­peared in Psalms & Hymns, by J. Faw­cett (Carl­isle: 1802).

Works

• Rerum Ægyp­ti­ca­rum An­nal­es (971–1453) Arab. et Lat., 1792
• Specimens of Ara­bi­an Po­etry, 1796
• Poems, Sug­gest­ed Chief­ly by Scenes in As­ia Mi­nor, Syr­ia &c., pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in 1805