Bentley
RICHARD, an English critic, born in Oulton, Yorkshire, Jan. 27, 1662. He is pronounced by some authorities the best classical scholar England has produced. produced. His writings are "Latin Epistle to John Mill, Containing Critical Observations on the Chronicle of Joannes Malala" (1691); the very celebrated "Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris" (1697); and editions of Horace and Terence, besides commentaries on the classics, all of great value. He died in July, 1742.
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