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Porson, Richard — ▪ English scholar born Dec. 25, 1759, East Ruston, Norfolk, Eng. died Sept. 25, 1808, London British master of classical scholarship during the 18th century, the most brilliant of the English school that devoted itself to the task of… … Universalium
Porson, Richard — (1759 1808) Scholar, s. of the parish clerk of E. Ruston, Norfolk, was distinguished from childhood by a marvellous tenacity of memory which attracted the attention of the curate of the parish, who ed. him, after which he was sent by a… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Richard Porson — (* 25. Dezember 1759 in East Ruston, Norfolk; † 25. September 1808 in London) war ein britischer Klassischer Philologe. Er ist besonders durch seine Forschungen zur Textkritik und Metrik der griechischen Tragiker bekannt. Leben … Deutsch Wikipedia
Richard Porson — (25 December 1759 ndash; 25 September 1808) was an English classical scholar. He was the discoverer of Porson s Law; and the Greek typeface Porson was based on his handwriting. Early lifeHe was born at East Ruston, near North Walsham, in Norfolk … Wikipedia
Porson (typeface) — Porson is a typeface in the Greek alphabet based on the handwriting of the English classicist Richard Porson, who, as his biographer writes, excelled ... in writing with neatness and beauty and wrote notes on the margins of books with such… … Wikipedia
Richard Bentley — (* 27. Januar 1662 in Oulton bei Leeds, Yorkshire; † 14. Juli 1742 in Cambridge) war ein englischer klassischer Philologe und Textkritiker. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Jugend und Studienjahre (1662–1689) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Richard Bentley — (January 27, 1662 ndash; July 14, 1742) was an English theologian, classical scholar and critic. Early life Bentley was born at Oulton near Leeds, West Yorkshire. His grandfather had suffered for the Royalist cause following the English Civil War … Wikipedia
Porson's Law — is a metrical law concerning a bridge in Greek iambic trimeters, the most common dialogue meter in Greek tragedy and comedy. In its most general form it states that, in anceps cretic or cretic anceps meters, such as the iambic trimeter, no word… … Wikipedia
Porson — [ pɔːsn], Richard, britischer klassischer Philologe, * East Ruston (County Norfolk) 25. 12. 1759, ✝ London 25. 9. 1808; 1792 Professor in Cambridge, 1806 Bibliothekar der Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. Porson war nach R. Bentley… … Universal-Lexikon
Porson — (spr. porß n), Richard, bedeutendster engl. Philolog nach Bentley, geb. 25. Dez. 1759 in East Ruston (Norfolk), gest. 25. Sept. 1808 in London, studierte in Cambridge, ward daselbst Fellow und 1790 Professor der griechischen Sprache, verzichtete … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
