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	edlively
		In King James view, the Greek, Latin and Hebrew versions of the bible was not a document that made itself readily available to the general population in England.
		Edward Lively - Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge, and thus at the head of the Cambridge company, was eminent for his knowledge of Oriental languages, especially Hebrew.
		About May 1575 he was unanimously elected Regius Professor of Hebrew, in spite of the fact that Lord Burghley, chancellor of the university, had recommended the appointment of Philip Begnon.
	www.livelyroots.com /things/edlively.htm (1472 words)

	§1. Greek Scholars. XV. Scholars, Antiquaries and Bibliographers. Vol. 12. The Romantic Revival. The Cambridge ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As professor of Greek, Porson was immediately succeeded by James Henry Monk, of Charterhouse and Trinity, afterwards dean of Peterborough, and bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.
		Kennedy’s successor as regius professor of Greek was Richard Claverhouse Jebb, of Charterhouse and Trinity, who was elected public orator in 1869, professor of Greek at Glasgow in 1875, and at Cambridge in 1889.
		As member for the university of Cambridge, Sir Richard Jebb was succeeded by Samuel Henry Butcher, of Marlborough and Trinity, professor of Greek in the university of Edinburgh from 1882 to 1903, and ultimately president of the British Academy.
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	Regius Professor of Greek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Regius Professor of Greek may refer to two professorships founded by King Henry VIII of England:
		The Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge (founded 1640)
		The Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford (founded 1646)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regius_Professor_of_Greek (118 words)

	Search Results for "Greek"
		Greek literature, modern, literature written in Greek in the modern era, primarily beginning during the period of rebellion against the rule of the Ottoman Empire....
		Greek religion, religious beliefs and practices of the ancient inhabitants of the region of Greece.
		Greek language and literature from the middle of the eighth century b.c.
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	Peter Paul Dobree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He was educated at Reading school under Richard Valpy and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was elected fellow.
		He was appointed regius professor of Greek in 1823, and died in Cambridge on the 24th of September 1825.
		James Scholefield, his successor in the Greek professorship, brought out selections from his notes (Adversaria, 1831-1833) on Greek and Latin authors (especially the orators), and a reprint of the Lexicon rhetoricum, together with notes on inscriptions (1834-1835).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Peter_Paul_Dobree.html (229 words)

	Barrow biography
		In 1643 Barrow was admitted as a foundation scholar at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
		Also at Cambridge at this time it was usual for students to learn some mathematics, either in their second or third year.
		Barrow was an obvious choice for this position and he relinquished the Greek chair for the mathematics because, he explained, of his greater interest in mathematics than Greek, because less work was involved, and that it had always been his intention to hold the Greek chair temporarily.
	www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /Biographies/Barrow.html (2415 words)

	Comparing Translations: Understanding Greek Texts
		The first published edition of a printed Greek Testament was issued in 1516 by this Dutch Humanist monk who took vows in 1492 and began studying theology in 1495 at the University of Paris.
		Westcott was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge from 1870 to 1890, and then Bishop of Durham until his death.
		The primary authority for a critical textual decision lies with the Greek manuscript tradition, with the Versions and Fathers serving no more than a supplementary and corroborative function, particularly in passages where their underlying Greek text cannot be reconstructed with absolute certainty.
	www.cob-net.org /compare_greektext.htm (5946 words)

	Leighton-Linslade Past Times - Local People
		James was born in 1606 at the master's lodge of Christ's College, Cambridge and was the son of John and Rachel Duport.
		His father was the master of Jesus College, Cambridge, and his mother was the daughter of Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely.
		In 1639 he was elected as regius professor of Greek at Cambridge.
	www.leighton-linslade.com /people/lb_duport1.html (581 words)

	The Translators of the Authorized Version
		Downes was professor of Greek for nearly forty years, and was acknowledged to be one the of the best Greek scholars of the age.
		His reputation as a Hebrew and Greek scholar was sufficient warrant for his inclusion among the translators, and Hall relates that "his memory and reading were near to a miracle." He worked on the translation of the Prophets until his death in 1607.
		Adrian Saravia, Professor of Divinity at Leyden University in 1582, became Prebendary of Canterbury and Westminster.
	www.sundaylaw.net /books/other/standish/bibletrans/appendixc.htm (2473 words)

	Faculty of Classics: Ancient Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Her main field is Greek literature, especially drama and its reception, and she also has a strong interest in Greek palaeography and the history of books and reading.
		Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture, is among the best-known modern interpreters of Greek Poetry, especially tragedy, and has been a leading figure in the application of modern literary criticism to Greek texts (The Poet's Voice; Foucault's Virginity).
		Neil Hopkinson, Fellow of Trinity College, is one of the foremost commentators on Hellenistic and later Greek poetry (Callimachus, Hymn to Demeter; A Hellenistic Anthology; Greek Poetry of the Imperial Period; Studies in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus (ed.), and a commentary on Nonnus, Dionysiaca 20-24).
	www.classics.cam.ac.uk /Faculty/staff-Lit.html (1003 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 02.04.02
		The professor who delivers a daily literary lecture and the 'critic' who writes a weekly literary article are usually people who have learned to master the occasion by avoiding the subject" (xx).
		One could, I suppose, argue that the historical canon is dependent on the literary one, but to say that in the case of science would be to betray the scientific illiteracy of most classicists.
		If Professor Rosand is interested in learning how to write about painting for a learned but not professional audience, he might look at Roger Shattuck, "Art and Ideas: Art at First Sight," Salmagundi 89-89 (Fall 1990-Winter 1991) 37-46.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1991/02.04.02.html (2453 words)

	Peter Paul Dobree - LoveToKnow 1911
		PETER PAUL DOBREE (1782-1825), English classical scholar and critic, was born in Guernsey.
		He was appointed regius professor of Greek in 182 3, and died in Cambridge on the 24th of September 1825.
		He was an intimate friend of Porson, whom he took as his model in textual criticism, although he showed less caution in conjectural emendation.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Peter_Paul_Dobree (241 words)

	Isaac Barrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He was able to master the ancient Greek texts of Euclid, from which he produced the authoritative texts for university study.
		Barrow was also appointed as the Gresham Professor of Geometry in 1662, which carried little in the way of responsibilities, so it did not interfere with his other activities.
		When Barrow became Lucasian professor, he insisted on the requirement that he and his successors were to leave the university ten written lectures per year.
	www.lucasianchair.org /barrow.html (2569 words)

	University Newsletter: Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Regius Professor of Greek in the University between 1974 and 1982, died on March 10, 2003, aged 81.
		The Programme, which is run by the Cambridge Programme for Industry, was established in the UK almost 10 years ago and has since expanded to Europe, the US and, now, Southern Africa.
		Polly Courtice, Director of Cambridge Programme for Industry, reflected on the impact of the event in South Africa: "There was a unanimous feeling amongst both delegates and Core Faculty on the final afternoon that something really important had taken place, rich with possibilities for enabling transformation.
	www.admin.cam.ac.uk /univ/newsletter/2003/apr-may/update.html (1473 words)

	Thomas Gale - LoveToKnow 1911
		He was educated at Westminster school and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow.
		In 1666 he was appointed regius professor of Greek at Cambridge, in 1672 high master of St Paul's school, in 1676 prebendary of St Paul's, in 1677 a fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1697 dean of York.
		See J. Mayor, Cambridge in the Time of Queen Anne, 448-450.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Thomas_Gale (100 words)

	Oxford Blueprint: 3 July 2003: New Regius Professor of Greek appointed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Regius Professorship of Greek was established by King Henry VIII in 1546.
		The postholder is expected to provide academic leadership over a wide area of Greek language and literature, as well as to sustain and promote research in the area.
		One of the tasks of the Chair is to maintain or revive classical teaching in schools and universities, and in communicating to a wider public the results and importance of classical studies.
	www.ox.ac.uk /blueprint/2002-03/0307/13.shtml (244 words)

	Duckworth Academic and Bristol Classical Press - Sophocles - R Jebb
		Richard Claverhouse Jebb, Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, was one of the foremost classicists of the Victorian era.
		P.E. Easterling, editor of this series and author of the new Foreword to each volume, is Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Newnham College.
		She is general editor of the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series.
	duckw.com /academic/title.php?titleissue_id=440 (272 words)

	Barrow biography
		Also at Cambridge at this time it was usual for students to learn some mathematics, either in their second or third year.
		The Professor of Greek voluntarily resigned in recognition that there were others who were better suited to the position - one of these people being Barrow himself.
		Barrow was an obvious choice for this position and he relinquished the Greek chair for the mathematics because, he explained, of his greater interest in mathematics than Greek, because less work was involved, and that it had always been his intention to hold the Greek chair temporarily.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Barrow.html (2415 words)

	Joshua Barnes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Educated at Christ's Hospital and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was in 1695 chosen regius professor of Greek, a language which he wrote and spoke with the utmost facility.
		One of his first publications was entitled Gerania; a New Discovery of a Little Sort of People, anciently discoursed of, called Pygmies (1675), a whimsical sketch to which Swift's Voyage to Lilliput possibly owes something.
		(1688), in which he introduces long and elaborate speeches into the narrative; editions of Euripides (1694) and of Homer (1711), also one of Anacreon (1705) which contains titles of Greek verses of his own which he hoped to publish.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/j/jo/joshua_barnes.html (159 words)

	Local Ancestors - Cheke, Sir John (1514-1557) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1529, he adopted the doctrines of the Reformation, and was appointed the first Regius professor of Greek at Cambridge (1540).
		In 1554 he was appointed tutor to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VI), whose accession secured him a seat in parliament (1547) and a knighthood (1552).
		In 1556 he was brought back to the Tower, where he was forced to recant his Protestantism publicly.
	www.cambridgeshirehistory.com /localancestors/FamousPeople/Cambridge/ChekeJohn.html (87 words)

	Bacchylides - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Corpus Christi Professor of Latin, University of Oxford
		Kennedy Professor Emeritus of Latin, University of Cambridge
		To do justice to the qualities of Greek choral lyric poetry, one has to bear in mind the function of the respective literary genre (victory ode, praise poem, cult song, etc.) and the aims which the poet was expected to achieve within each genre.
	www.cup.cam.ac.uk /uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521599776&ss=fro (609 words)

	Trinity College Cambridge - Subject Notes - Classics
		Almost every Regius Professor of Greek in recent times has become a Fellow of Trinity, and Classics has always played an important part in the College at both undergraduate and research levels.
		Richard Hunter, Regius Professor of Greek, Philip Hardie, Senior Research Fellow in Latin Literature, and Eric Handley, a former Regius Professor of Greek (1984-94), also contribute to undergraduate teaching.
		The work may be a composition in Greek or Latin prose or, in a few cases, verse; or else it will be a piece of unseen translation or a comprehension exercise.
	www.trin.cam.ac.uk /index.php?pageid=86&subid=4 (717 words)

	Domain of Culture - Cultural Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Coordinator of the panel is Patricia Easterling, Regius Professor of Greek Emeritus, Cambridge University, U.K. Easterling spent many years in Cambridge as a lecturer in classics before becoming Professor of Greek at University College, London (1987-94).
		Peter Burian, Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature and Chair, Department of Classical Studies, Duke University, presents his work, entitled "At the Brink of Dreadful Speech: Oedipus in Translation." Peter Burian pursues scholarly interests in Greek literature, especially drama, and in the reception of Greco- Roman culture in later centuries.
		Helene P. Foley, Professor of Classics, Barnard College, Columbia University, is presenting "Re-imagining Greek Drama on the American Stage." She is the author of books and articles on Greek epic and drama, on women and gender in antiquity, and on modern performance and adaptation of Greek theater.
	www.cultureguide.gr /events/details.jsp?Event_id=48795&catA=12 (646 words)

	Great Britain - Grande-Bretagne
		INGRAM BYWATER, M. A., Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford.
		Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh.
		SCOTT LANG, Regius Professor of Mathematics in the University of St. Andrews.
	www.histdoc.net /pro/gb.html (1152 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham; Shrewsbury School; and St. John’s College, Cambridge.
		He was Fellow of his College (1828-36); Headmaster of Shrewsbury School (1836-66); and Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and Canon of Ely, 1867.
		Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1880.
	www.cyberhymnal.org /bio/k/e/kennedy_bh.htm (157 words)

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		Professor Michael Walton (Professor of Drama and Director of the Performance Translation Centre, Department of Drama, University of Hull), 'Translation or transubstantiation'.
		The 4th annual meeting of the European Network of Research and Documentation of Ancient Greek Drama was held at Wadham College from 22-23 September 2001.
		Plans for the establishment of a summer school to be held in Epidaurus in the summer of 2002, in conjunction with the Epidaurus Festival and the University of Athens, were discussed.
	www.open.ac.uk /Arts/artsma/classtud/apgrd/apgrd1.htm (1306 words)

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		Although most early scholars concentrated on Classical themes, the School has always had a wide remit, and now prides itself on being a centre for research in all the humanities as related to Greece, as well as the field of archaeological science.
		The idea of a British research institute in Athens was first seriously proposed in 1878 by Sir Richard Jebb, then Professor of Greek at Glasgow (later Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge), who had been impressed with the French and German Institutes already established in the city.
		In 1884 the Greek government donated a plot of land for the construction of the School on the slopes of Likavitós, at that time some distance out of town, now the fashionable central district of Kolonáki.
	www.bsa.gla.ac.uk /history/main.htm (328 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Porson, Richard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A poor boy, he showed such astonishing powers of memory that patrons sent him through Eton and Cambridge.
		He was appointed regius professor of Greek at Cambridge in 1792, and lived in London, where he edited several plays of Euripides.
		A scrupulous scholar, Porson was a textual critic of the highest order and changed existing ideas of Greek meter.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Porson-R.asp (162 words)

	Newnham College Cambridge: Newnham Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Marion Kennedy moved to Cambridge with her family in 1867 when her father Benjamin Kennedy became Regius Professor of Greek.
		Kennedy and his three daughters were staunch supporters of women’s right to higher education, and it was in their drawing room in Bateman Street that Mary Paley and other early students informally sat tripos examinations in the 1870s.
		In 1877 Marion became secretary of the Association for Promoting the Higher Education of Women in Cambridge; when the association was amalgamated with Newnham Hall in 1880, she became honorary secretary to what was henceforth Newnham College, a post she retained until 1904.
	www.newn.cam.ac.uk /about/bio_marionkennedy.shtml (285 words)

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