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Jan 27, 1662 Wakefield, England, United Kingdom Died on 14 Jul 1742 (aged 80)
English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
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About Richard Bentley
- Richard Bentley (; 27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian.
- He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Bentley was the first Englishman to be ranked with the great heroes of classical learning and was known for his literary and textual criticism.
- Called the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is credited with the creation of the English school of Hellenism, and introduced the first competitive written examinations in a Western university.
