Background
Henry William Chandler was the only son of Robert Chandler, of London. He was born in London on January 31, 1828.
Henry William Chandler was the only son of Robert Chandler, of London. He was born in London on January 31, 1828.
In 1848 Henry William Chandler entered Pembroke College, Oxford, where he was elected fellow in 1853.
In 1867 Henry William Chandler succeeded H. L. Mansel as Waynflete professor of moral and metaphysical philosophy, and in 1884 was appointed curator of the Bodleian library. He was chiefly known as an Aristotelian scholar, and his knowledge of the Greek commentators on Aristotle was profound.
Two works on the bibliography of Aristotle, A Catalogue of Editions of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and of Works illustrative of them, printed in the ijth century (1868), and A Chronological Index to Editions of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, and of Works illustrative of them from the Origin of Printing to 1799 (1878), are of great value.
(Book by Chandler, Henry William)
(Copyright by Lea & Febiger. Illustrated with 80 Engravings)