Education
He was educated at Eton College and at King"s College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellowship He gained the Browne gold medal for a Greek ode in 1776, and graduated Bachelor of Arts 1778, Master of Arts
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Bodleian Library (Oxford) T148356 London : printed for G. and T. Wilkie; and sold by J. J. Merrill, Cambridge; B. C. Collins, Salisbury; and R. Trewman and Son, Exeter, 1791. 31,1p. ; 8°
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He was educated at Eton College and at King"s College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellowship He gained the Browne gold medal for a Greek ode in 1776, and graduated Bachelor of Arts 1778, Master of Arts
1788, Master of Arts Oxford, ad eundem, 19 February 1812. Hayter was presented by his college to the rectory of Hepworth, Suffolk in Suffolk, and was chaplain in ordinary to the Prince of Wales. In 1800 the Prince of Wales undertook to continue the unrolling and deciphering of the papyri found at Herculaneum in 1752.
Hayter was put on a salary and sent to Naples, to take charge of the "Officina" and direct the work.
The papyri had been moved to Palermo. Hayter began operations in 1802 at Portici, near Naples.
He had charge of the papyri from 1802 to 1806. In four years about two hundred rolls were opened, and nearly one hundred copied in lead-pencil facsimiles under Hayter"s superintendence.
On the French invasion of Naples in 1806 Hayter moved to Palermo.
The original papyri fell into the hands of the French. The lead-pencil facsimiles also passed out of Hayter"s hands, but were recovered from the Neapolitan authorities through the influence of William Drummond of Logiealmond, the British minister. At Palermo Hayter superintended the engraving of the Carmen Latinum and the Περὶ Θανάτου.
In 1809 Hayter was recalled to England by the Prince of Wales.
He died at Paris from apoplexy on 29 November 1818, in his sixty-third year.
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