biography
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| lived:
| (1662–1742)
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| biography:
| Classical scholar, born in Oulton, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, and became archdeacon of Ely and keeper of the Royal Libraries (1694) and a fellow of the Royal Society (1695). He established an international reputation with his dispute with Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1697–9), in which he proved that the so-called Epistles of Phalaris were spurious. He was appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1700, where he was involved in an unbroken series of quarrels and litigations. He published critical texts of many Classical works, including the Greek New Testament. |
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