Thomas Winstanley
Thomas Winstanley(1749 – 2 September 1823) was an academic at theUniversity of Oxford,who held the positions ofCamden Professor of Ancient History,Laudian Professor of Arabic,and principal ofSt Alban Hall.
Life[edit]
Winstanley was born in the town ofWinstanley,in what was thenLancashire,and was baptised on 11 November 1749. After an education atManchester Grammar School,hematriculatedat theUniversity of Oxfordas a member ofBrasenose Collegein 1768, obtaining hisBachelor of Artsdegree in 1771 and hisMaster of Artsdegree in 1774. He was appointed to afellowshipatHertford Collegeand succeededThomas WartonasCamden Professor of Ancient Historyin 1790. He was elected principal ofSt Alban Hallin 1797, and appointed asLaudian Professor of Arabicin 1814 (holding this in addition to the Camden chair). He was rector ofSteyning,Sussex,between 1790 and 1792;prebendaryofSt Paul's Cathedralfrom 1794 to 1810; and vicar of St Nicholas and St Clements,Rochester, Kent,from 1812. His writings includedAristotelous peri poiētikēs: Aristotelis de poetica liber(1780), and an edition of the works ofDaniel Webb(1802).
Winstanley died on 2 September 1823.[1]He is buried in St Peter's-in-the-East inOxfordwith a monument byRobert Blore.[2]
References[edit]
- ^Carlyle, E. I.; Carter, Philip (January 2008)."Winstanley, Thomas (1749–1823)".In Carter, Philip (ed.).Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29759.Retrieved6 January2010.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
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