Richard Bentley FRS (27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian. Considered the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is widely credited with establishing the English school of Hellenism. In 1892, A. E. Housman called Bentley "the greatest scholar that England or perhaps that Europe ever bred".
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27 January 1662 Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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1742 (aged 79) Cambridge, England
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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