Flood, Henry

Japanese: フラッド(英語表記)Flood, Henry
Flood, Henry
[Born] 1732
[Died] December 2, 1791. Farmley, Kilkenny. British politician. Educated at Oxford University, he entered the Irish Parliament in 1759, and was Deputy Treasurer of Ireland from 1775 to 1781. Together with H. Grattan, he sought independence for Irish legislative power from Great Britain, and succeeded in 1782. He opposed the Catholic Emancipation issue, and came into conflict with Grattan. From 1783, he also received a seat in the British Parliament. He proposed parliamentary reform in both parliaments. In 1790, he lost both his British and Irish seats and retired.

Flood
Fludd, Robert

[Born] 1574. Bearsted
[Died] September 8, 1637, London. British physician and mystic. Latin name Robertus de Fluctibus. After graduating from Oxford University, he traveled Europe and was influenced by P. Paracelsus. He advocated a pantheistic worldview and was criticized by J. Kepler. He published the Collected Works, Opera (6 volumes, 1638).

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Japanese:
[生]1732
[没]1791.12.2. キルケニー,ファームリー
イギリスの政治家。オックスフォード大学に学び,1759年にアイルランド議会に入り,75~81年アイルランド副会計官。 H.グラタンとともにイギリスからアイルランド立法権の独立をはかり,82年に成功。カトリック解放問題に反対してグラタンと対立。 83年からはイギリス議会にも議席を得た。両議会で議会改革を提案。 90年にイギリス,アイルランドの両議席を失って引退した。

フラッド
Fludd, Robert

[生]1574. ベアステッド
[没]1637.9.8. ロンドン
イギリスの医師,神秘思想家。ラテン名 Robertus de Fluctibus。オックスフォード大学卒業後,ヨーロッパを旅行し,P.パラケルススの影響を受けた。汎神論的世界観を主張し,J.ケプラーに批判された。『全集』 Opera (6巻,1638) がある。

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