John Taylor (classical scholar)
John Taylor | |
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| Born | 22 June 1704 |
| Died | 4 April 1766 (aged 61) London, England |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Classical scholar |
| Notable work | Elements of Civil Law, translations of Greek orators |
John Taylor (22 June 1704 – 4 April 1766), English classical scholar, was born at Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England.
Life
His father was a
He is also shown as Prebendary of Aylesbury from 1745 to 1747 and again from 1750 to 1756.[3]
Taylor is best known for his editions of some of the Greek orators, chiefly valuable for the notes on Attic law, e.g. Lysias (1739); Demosthenes' Contra Leptinem (1741) and Contra Midiam (1743, with Lycurgus' Contra Leocratem), intended as specimens of a proposed edition, in five volumes, of the orations of Demosthenes, Aeschines, Dinarchus, and Demades, of which only vols. ii and iii were published.[2]
Taylor also published (under the title of Marmor Sandvicense) a commentary on the inscription on an ancient marble brought from Greece by
References
- ^ "Taylor, John (TLR721J2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Prebendaries: Aylesbury | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Taylor, John (classicist)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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