Edward Moore (scholar)

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Edward Moore, FBA (1835–1916) was an English scholar who specialized in Dante Alighieri. He was Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford from 1864 to 1903.

Biography

Moore was born at

Bromsgrove Grammar School and at Pembroke College, Oxford
, where he received recognition.

He was elected Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford in 1858, subsequently working as tutor there, and was ordained deacon in 1859, then priest in 1861.[1]

In 1864 he was nominated by the college to become the Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. The appointment carried with it the rectory of Gatcombe, Isle of Wight. He stepped down as principal in 1903.[2]

He was elected an

D.Litt. from the University of Dublin. In January 1903 he was made canon of Canterbury Cathedral.[4][5] He was a Doctor of Divinity
(DD).

Published works

  • Aristotle's Ethics, books i-iv (5th edition, 1896)
  • Aristotle's Poetics, with Notes (1875)
  • Time References in the Divine Commedia (1887), translated and published at Florence in 1900 with the title Gli accenni al tempo nella Divina Commedia; Textual Criticism of the Divina Commedia
  • Biographers
     (1890)
  • Tutte le opere di Dante Alighieri, the "Oxford Dante".
  • Studies in Dante. First Series. Scripture and Classical Authors in Dante (Oxford, 1896)
  • Studies in Dante. Second Series. Miscellaneous Essays (Oxford, 1899)
  • Studies in Dante. Third Series. Miscellaneous Essays (Oxford, 1903)
  • Studies in Dante. Fourth Series. Textual Criticism of the Convivio and Miscellaneous Essays (Oxford, 1917)

References

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New International Encyclopedia
. Vol. 13 (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. p. 780.

  1. ^ "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Times. No. 36972. London. 8 January 1903. p. 8.
  2. ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36974. London. 10 January 1903. p. 6.
  3. ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36929. London. 19 November 1902. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36972. London. 8 January 1903. p. 7.
  5. ^ "No. 27517". The London Gazette. 20 January 1903. p. 386.
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