Conington
JOHN, an English classical scholar; born in Boston, Aug. 10, 1825. He was educated at Beverley and at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1854 he was appointed to the newly founded chair of Latin Language and Literature at Oxford, which he filled until his death, Oct. 23, 1869. His greatest work is his edition of "Vergil" (3 vols., founded chair of Latin Language and (1848), and "C "Choephori" memnon" Literature at Oxford, which he filled un- til his death, Oct. 23, 1869. His greatest In his last years he gave himself much to translation; a metrical version of the "Odes" of Horace (1863), the "Eneid" (1866), in Scott's ballad-meter; the