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Walton (BRIAN an English Biblical)

BRIAN, an English Biblical scholar; born in Seymour, Yorkshire, England, in 1600. He was made chaplain to Charles II. and Bishop of Chester at the Restoration. His great- His gre est work is "Biblia Sacra Polyglotta" (6 vols., folio 1657), including the Hebrew original of the Old Testament, WALTON Biblical apparatus in any language." still thought to be "the most complete gate, with various readings, notes, etc.; Syriac, Arabic, Persian, and Latin Vulgate, with various readings, notes, etc.; still thought to be "the most complete Biblical apparatus in any language." legomena," under which name it was the Antiquity and Authority of His Texts," in later editions called the "Prolegomena," under which name it was published in the original Latin (2 vols. 1827-1828). "The Considerator Considered," etc. (1659), was written in answer to Dr. John Owen's "Vindication of the Purity and Integrity of the Hebrew and Greek Texts," etc., which was a criticism on his great Biblical work. He died in London, Nov. 29, 1661.