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Richard Bentley

Richard Bentley

Critic and theologian
Richard Bentley FRS was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian. Considered the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is widely credited with establishing the English school of Hellenism. In 1892, A. E. Housman called Bentley... Wikipedia
Born: January 27, 1662, Oulton, United Kingdom
Died: July 14, 1742 (age 80 years), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Partner: Joanna Bernard (1700–)
Grandchild: Richard Cumberland