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Peter Paul Dobrée

Peter Paul Dobrée (26 June 1782 – 24 September 1825) was a British classical scholar and critic.

Peter Paul Dobrée
Peter Paul Dobrée, 1866
Born(1782-06-26)26 June 1782
Died24 September 1825(1825-09-24) (aged 43)
Cambridge, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materCambridge
Occupation(s)Classical scholar, critic

Early life and education edit

He was born in 1782 in Guernsey, the Channel Islands to the Reverend William Dobrée.[1][2] He was educated at Reading School under Richard Valpy and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was elected fellow.[3]

Career edit

Dobrée was an intimate friend of Richard Porson, whom he took as his model in textual criticism, although he showed less caution in conjectural emendation. After Porson's death (1808) Dobrée was commissioned with James Henry Monk and Charles James Blomfield to edit his literary remains, which had been bequeathed to Trinity College.[4]

Illness and a subsequent journey to Iglesias, Sardinia to visit Fabrizio Dobre delayed the work until 1820, when Dobree brought out the Plutus of Aristophanes (with his own and Porson's notes) and all Porson's Aristophanica. Two years later, he published the Lexicon of Photius from Porson's transcript of the Gale manuscript in Trinity College library, to which he appended a Lexicon rhetoricum, from the margin of a Cambridge manuscript of Harpocration.[4]

He was appointed Regius Professor of Greek in 1823.[5] He died on 24 September 1825[6] at Trinity College, after a short illness.[5]

James Scholefield, his successor in the Greek professorship, brought out selections from his notes (Adversaria, 1831–1833) on Greek and Latin authors (especially the orators), and a reprint of the Lexicon rhetoricum, together with notes on inscriptions (1834–1835).[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Agnew, David Carnegie Andrew (1874). Protestant Exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV: Or, the Huguenot Refugees and Their Descendants in Great Britain and Ireland. Reeves & Turner.
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (17 November 2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9.
  3. ^ "Dobrée, Peter Paul (DBRY800PP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ a b c   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dobree, Peter Paul". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 351.
  5. ^ a b Pryme, George (1870). "Peter Paul Dobree, by his friend, the economist George Pryme". Priaulx Library. Priaulx Library. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  6. ^ Luard, Henry Richards (1870). A chronological list of the graces, documents, and other papers in the University registry, which concern the University library [by H.R. Luard].


peter, paul, dobrée, june, 1782, september, 1825, british, classical, scholar, critic, 1866born, 1782, june, 1782guernsey, channel, islandsdied24, september, 1825, 1825, aged, cambridge, englandnationalitybritishalma, matercambridgeoccupation, classical, schol. Peter Paul Dobree 26 June 1782 24 September 1825 was a British classical scholar and critic Peter Paul DobreePeter Paul Dobree 1866Born 1782 06 26 26 June 1782Guernsey Channel IslandsDied24 September 1825 1825 09 24 aged 43 Cambridge EnglandNationalityBritishAlma materCambridgeOccupation s Classical scholar criticEarly life and education editHe was born in 1782 in Guernsey the Channel Islands to the Reverend William Dobree 1 2 He was educated at Reading School under Richard Valpy and at Trinity College Cambridge where he was elected fellow 3 Career editDobree was an intimate friend of Richard Porson whom he took as his model in textual criticism although he showed less caution in conjectural emendation After Porson s death 1808 Dobree was commissioned with James Henry Monk and Charles James Blomfield to edit his literary remains which had been bequeathed to Trinity College 4 Illness and a subsequent journey to Iglesias Sardinia to visit Fabrizio Dobre delayed the work until 1820 when Dobree brought out the Plutus of Aristophanes with his own and Porson s notes and all Porson s Aristophanica Two years later he published the Lexicon of Photius from Porson s transcript of the Gale manuscript in Trinity College library to which he appended a Lexicon rhetoricum from the margin of a Cambridge manuscript of Harpocration 4 He was appointed Regius Professor of Greek in 1823 5 He died on 24 September 1825 6 at Trinity College after a short illness 5 James Scholefield his successor in the Greek professorship brought out selections from his notes Adversaria 1831 1833 on Greek and Latin authors especially the orators and a reprint of the Lexicon rhetoricum together with notes on inscriptions 1834 1835 4 References edit Agnew David Carnegie Andrew 1874 Protestant Exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV Or the Huguenot Refugees and Their Descendants in Great Britain and Ireland Reeves amp Turner Hanks Patrick Coates Richard McClure Peter 17 November 2016 The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 252747 9 Dobree Peter Paul DBRY800PP A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge a b c nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Dobree Peter Paul Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 8 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 351 a b Pryme George 1870 Peter Paul Dobree by his friend the economist George Pryme Priaulx Library Priaulx Library Retrieved 29 December 2015 Luard Henry Richards 1870 A chronological list of the graces documents and other papers in the University registry which concern the University library by H R Luard nbsp This article about a person from Guernsey is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Paul Dobree amp oldid 1164576169, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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