Richard Bentley

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Richard Bentley


Born
in Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, The United Kingdom
January 27, 1662

Died
July 14, 1742

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Richard Bentley was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Bentley was the first Englishman to be ranked with the great heroes of classical learning and was known for his literary and textual criticism. Called the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is credited with the creation of the English school of Hellenism, and introduced the first competitive written examinations in a Western university. ...more

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“It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.”
Richard Bentley

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