Background
Richard Dawes was born near Market Bosworth Leicestershire, England in 1708.
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Ricardi Dawesii Miscellanea Critica (Classic Reprint)
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Richard Dawes
Richard Dawes was an English classical scholar.
Education
Richard was educated at the town grammar school under Anthony Blackwall, and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Career
His peculiar habits and outspoken language made him unpopular. His health broke down in consequence of his sedentary life, and it is said that he took to bell-ringing at Great St Mary’s as a restorative. He was a bitter enemy of Bentley, who he declared knew nothing of Greek except from indexes.
In 1738 Dawes was appointed to the mastership of the grammar school, Newcastle-on-Tyne, combined with that of St Mary’s hospital. From all accounts his mind appears to have become unhinged; his eccentricities of conduct and continual disputes with his governing body ruined the school, and finally, in 1749, he resigned his post and retired to Heworth, where he chiefly amused himself with boating. Dawes was not a prolific writer. His book is Miscellanea critica (1745), which gained the commendation of such distinguished continental scholars as L. C. Valckenaer and J. J. Reiske. The Miscellanea, which was re-edited by T. Burgess (1781), G. C. Harles (1800) and T. Kidd (1817), for many years enjoyed a high reputation, and although some of the “canons” have been proved untenable and few can be accepted universally, it will always remain an honourable and enduring monument of English scholarship.
Achievements
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Dawes's fame rested on the book "Miscellanea critica".
Works
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Ricardi Dawesii Miscellanea Critica (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from Ricardi Dawesii Miscellanea Critica D3 M i...)
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Ricardi Dawesii Miscellanea Critica (Classic Reprint)
Membership
Fellow of Cambridge Society
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Born
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Died
March 21, 1766 (aged 58) -
Nationality
British -
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