Bentley's Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, published in 1699, proved that the letters in question, supposedly written in the 6th century BCE by the Sicilian tyrant Phalaris, were actually a forgery produced by a Greek sophist in the 2nd century CE. Bentley's investigation of the subject is still regarded as a landmark of textual criticism. He also showed that the sound represented in transcriptions of some Greek dialects by the letter digamma appeared also in Homeric poetry, even though it was not represented there in writing by any letter.
生涯とキャリア
Bentley became Master of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1700. His autocratic manner and contemptuous treatment of the college fellows led to extensive controversy and litigation, but he remained in that post until his death, more than four decades later. In 1717 Bentley was appointed as the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. As professor at Cambridge, Bentley introduced the first competitive written examinations in a Western university.
A fellow of the Royal Society, Bentley was interested in natural theology and the new physical sciences, subjects on which he corresponded with Isaac Newton. Bentley was in charge of the second edition of Newton's Principia Mathematica, although he delegated most of the scientific work involved to his pupil Roger Cotes.
主な事実
- Born: January 27, 1662 in Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
- 没年: 1742
遺産と影響
Richard Bentleyの影響は自身の生涯をはるかに超えて広がっている。人類の知識と進歩を根本から形作り、その業績と貢献は今日に至るまで基盤として残っている。
1742年に他界したが、その思想は今日も世界中の研究者や実務家によって研究、議論、発展され続けている。
Richard BentleyはEnglandが生んだ最も称賛される頭脳の一人であり続け、地域の豊かな知的遺産を物語っている。
Englandの著名な天才
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