Joseph Bosworth
Joseph Bosworth
Biography
Born in Derbyshire in 1788, Bosworth was educated at Repton School as a 'Poor Scholar' but left in his early teens and did not go to university. Despite the lack of a degree he somehow gained sufficient academic standing for the Church of England to allow him to become a priest. He became a curate in Bunny, Notts in 1814 and three years later became vicar of Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire. He was proficient in many European languages and made a particular study of Anglo-Saxon. This suggests that his years between leaving Repton and becoming a priest were spent working for someone whose own interests lay in these directions and who greatly encouraged Bosworth's academic development. There is no proof as to who this was but possible candidates are Sharon Turner (1768-1847), a London solicitor turned researcher or Alexander Crombie (1762-1840), a Scottish-born philologist and proprietor of a school in London.
Bosworth was awarded an M.A. in 1822 by the University of Aberdeen on the recommendation of three other Buckinghamshire clergymen. In 1823, his Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar appeared, and he also matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge as a 'ten-year man' (mature student).[1] In July 1825 he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society,[2] and in June 1829, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[3]
In 1829, Bosworth went to the Netherlands as a chaplain, first in
In 1858 Bosworth became Rector of
Legacy
Bosworth was succeeded by
References
- ^ "Bosworth, Joseph (BSWT823J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "MemberListB | American Antiquarian Society". www.americanantiquarian.org. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
- ^ a b c Bradley 1886.
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- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bradley, Henry (1886). "Bosworth, Joseph". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bosworth, Joseph". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Works by or about Joseph Bosworth at Internet Archive
- An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, an online edition based on the Germanic Lexicon Project.
- An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, scanned page images. Digitized under the direction of Sean Crist.
- A Downloadable version of "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary"
- A guide to Bosworth and Water Stratford