Edward FitzGerald Life and Letters – Analysis of family and friends

<p>These files form part of an archive of research material relating to the Life and Letters of Edward FitzGerald.&nbsp; The data have been compiled by independent researchers W H (Bill) Martin and Sandra Mason;&nbsp; their contact details are below.&nbsp; The files comprise a number of searchable listings of information contained in FitzGerald&rsquo;s letters. The information formed input to a book on Edward FitzGerald which is referenced below.</p> <p>This section of the archive contains a database, <em>efgpeople</em>, which analyses the letters in terms of their comments on FitzGerald&rsquo;s family and a wide range of his friends.&nbsp; It also shows &nbsp;the dating of the letters, the people to whom FitzGerald wrote, and his location at the time of writing.&nbsp; The letters are those contained in the collection published by A M Terhune and A B Terhune in 1980 &ndash; see reference below.&nbsp; The database contains all the letters published by the Terhunes, including some which have no references to family and friends.&nbsp; An&nbsp;explanatory README text file contains a table showing the fields included in the database&nbsp;and giving definitions of them and of the codings used where relevant.&nbsp;</p>