Born: 22-Dec-1779
Birthplace: Ilford, Wiltshire, England
Died: 2-Jun-1855
Location of death: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Scholar

Nationality: England
Executive summary: English classical scholar

English classical scholar, born at Iford, Wiltshire, on the 22nd of December 1779. Proceeding to Oxford in 1797, he became successively student and tutor of Christ Church, and was in 1811 appointed regius professor of Greek in the university. Taking orders, he held (1815-47) the college living of Westwell, in Oxfordshire, and other ecclesiastical preferments simultaneously with his professorship. From 1831 until his death on the 2nd of June 1855, he was dean of Christ Church. As curator of the Bodleian and principal delegate of the University Press he was instrumental in securing the cooperation of distinguished European scholars as collators, notably Bekker and Dindorf. Among his numerous contributions to Greek literature may be mentioned, Hephaestion's Encheiridion (1810); Poëtae Graeci minores (1814-20); Stobaeus' Florilegium (1822); Herodotus, with variorum notes (1824); Suïdas' Lexicon (1834); Etymologicon magnum (1848); Eusebius's Praeparatio (1843) and Demonstratio evangelica (1852). In 1856 the Gaisford prizes, for Greek composition, were founded at Oxford to perpetuate his memory.

    University: Christ Church, Oxford University
    Professor: Greek, Christ Church, Oxford University (1811-55)
    Administrator: Dean, Christ Church, Oxford University (1831-55)

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