Edward Dodwell

• Name — Edward Dodwell • Born — 30 November 1767 • Birthplace — Dublin, Ireland • Died — 13 May 1832 • Place of death — Rome, Papal States • Occupation — Writer, painter • Genre — travel literature • Notable Works — Views in Greece • Spouse — Giraud

Dodwell was born in Ireland and belonged to the same family as Henry Dodwell, the theologian. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Dodwell travelled from 1801 to 1806 in Greece, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, and spent the rest of his life for the most part in Italy, at Naples and Rome. He died in Rome from the effects of an illness contracted in 1830 during a visit of exploration to the Sabine Mountains. Dodwell's widow, a daughter of Count Giraud and thirty years his junior, subsequently became famous as the "beautiful" countess of Spaur, and played a considerable role in the political life of the papal city. Dodwell published A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece (1819), of which a German translation appeared in 1821; Views in Greece, with thirty colored plates (1821); and Views and Descriptions of Cyclopian or Pelasgic Remains in Italy and Greece (London and Paris, with French text, 1834).

Edward Dodwell is recorded as painter, draftsperson, writer and archaeologist.