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.
Hayatı ve Kariyeri
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.
Temel Bilgiler
- Born: January 27, 1662 in Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
- Vefat: 1742
Miras ve Etki
Richard Bentley'in etkisi kendi yaşam süresinin çok ötesine uzanır. İnsanlığın bilgi ve ilerlemesini temelden şekillendirmiş, başarıları ve katkıları bugün hala kurucu nitelikte kalmıştır.
1742 yılında hayatını kaybetmiş olsa da fikirleri dünya genelinde akademisyenler ve uygulayıcılar tarafından çalışılmaya, tartışılmaya ve geliştirilmeye devam ediyor.
Richard Bentley, England'in yetiştirdiği en saygın zekâlardan biri olmaya devam ediyor; bu, bölgenin zengin entelektüel mirasının kanıtıdır.
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