Mynors Bright
Mynors Bright (1818โ1883) was an English academic, president of Magdalene College, Cambridge, from 1853 to 1873. He was the decipherer of the diary of Samuel Pepys.
Life
Mynors Bright was the son of the physician
senior optime in mathematics, and took a second-class in classics. He proceeded B.A. in 1840, and M.A. in 1843. He became foundation-fellow, tutor, and eventually president of Magdalene, and was chosen proctor in 1853.[2]
The
Henry Benjamin Wheatley[4]
in ten volumes in 1893โ1899.
Bright became paralysed about 1880, and died on 23 February 1883, aged 65. He never married, and bequeathed part of his interest in his Pepys to Magdalene College. His portrait was painted by F. Dickenson, and presented by his friends to his college.
References
- ^ Magdalene College Books
- ^ "Bright, Mynors (BRT835M)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Wheatley, Henry (1893). Diary of Samuel Pepys. Geo. Bell & Sons. pp. Preface.
- ^ Wheatley 1893
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bright, Mynors". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885โ1900.
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