British scholar
Henry Wellesley
Born 1794 (1794 ) Park Lane, London
Died 1866 (aged 71–72) Nationality British Occupation(s) Anglican cleric and university academic
The Rev. Lord Henry Wellesley was a British scholar, who held senior positions at Oxford University , and who is remembered for writing several books.[1]
Life
He was the fifth and last child of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley and Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland . His parents married, but after all their children were born, so Wellesley's sons could not inherit his titles.[2] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1811, graduating B.A. in 1816 and M.A. in 1818. In 1816 he entered Lincoln's Inn .[3]
Wellesley was Principal of Oxford University's New Inn Hall , curator of the Bodleian Library , curator of Ashmolean Museum and Taylor Institute .[2]
Two of the books he is known for are Anthologica Polyglotta (1849) and Stray Notes of Shakespeare (1865).[4]
References
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"Dr Rev Henry Wellesley (Biographical details)" . British Museum . Retrieved 25 May 2018 . Son of Marquess Richard Wellesley (q.v.) a\nd Hyacinth Roland (q.v). Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, curator of the Bodleian Library, curator of Ashmolean Museum and Taylor Institute.
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Alfred Webb (1878). "A Compendium of Irish Biography: Comprising Sketches of Distinguished Irishmen, and of Eminent Persons Connected with Ireland by Office Or by Their Writings" . M.H. Gill & son . Retrieved 25 May 2018 . The Marquis left no legitimate children. His son Henry Wellesley, D.D. (born 1792; died 1866), Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, the author of several works, was a man of the most cultivated tastes; his knowledge of Spanish and Italian art and literature ' was supreme' .
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Wellesley, Henry" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 . Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource .
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John McClintock; James Strong (1891). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, Volume 12 . Harper & Brothers . p. 902. Retrieved 25 May 2018 . He was the author of Anthologica Polyglotta ; or, A Selection of Versions in Various Languages, Chiefly from the Greek Anthology (1849);--and Stray Notes of Shakespeare (1865).
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