Henry Perry (writer)
Henry Perry (or Henry Parry) (1560/61–1617) was a Welsh Anglican priest and linguistic scholar.
Life
Perry was born in
Henry Maurice, who became Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford.[1]
In addition to his parish work, Perry was a skilled linguist; he was highly regarded by the
lexicographer John Davies. He was said by Davies to have worked on the compilation of a Welsh language dictionary, although his sole publication was a book on rhetoric Egluryn ffraethineb ("The elucidator of eloquence", 1595). It was the first book of its kind in Welsh, and drew upon the works of contemporary writers in English. A further edition of the work was published in 1807 and the original edition, with critical assessment of Perry's scholarship, was reprinted in 1930.[1]
Publications
- (1595) Egluryn phraethineb, Ioan Danter, Lhundain. [1]
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
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