DONALDSON, JOHN WILLIAM

DONALDSON, JOHN WILLIAM
   a philologist, born in London; Fellow of Cambridge and tutor of Trinity College; author of "New Cratylus; or Contributions towards a more Accurate Knowledge of the Greek Language," a work of great erudition and of value to scholars; contributed also to the philological study of Latin, and wrote a grammar of both languages; he failed when he intruded into the field of biblical criticism (1811-1861).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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