Richard Porson (25 December 1759 – 25 September 1808) was an English classical scholar. He was the discoverer of Porson's Law. The Greek typeface Porson...

not apply to iambic trimeter in Greek comedy. It was formulated by Richard Porson in his critical edition of Euripides' Hecuba in 1802. The law states...

and Richard Bentley Porson Kidd, who was rector of Potter Heigham church among other duties in Norwich, Norfolk. The last of these had a son, Richard Hayward...

founded in honor of classical scholar Richard Porson and was first awarded in 1817. Winners are known as "Porson prizemen". 1817: George James Pennington...

Porson is an influential typeface in the Greek alphabet based on the handwriting of the English classicist Richard Porson. Porson was a classicist with...

one, and remain undivided ... This epistle from Leo was considered by Richard Porson to be the "strongest proof" of verse inauthenticity. In response, Thomas...

and French to ensure that they would circulate widely. At Cambridge, Richard Porson worked on the missing lower right corner of the Greek text. He produced...

including scholars such as Richard Dawes, Jeremiah Markland, John Taylor, Jonathan Toup, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Richard Porson, Peter Paul Dobree, Thomas Kidd...

Timbs, John (1862), Lives of Wits and Humourists: R. Brinsley Sheridan. Richard Porson. Rev. Sydney Smith. Theodore Hook. James and Horace Smith, R. Bentley...

by the Lanston Monotype Company. (Font details) GFS Porson, originally created by Richard Porson from Cambridge, at the end of the 18th century. (Font...

football captain and all-round athlete) Raymond Paley (mathematician) Richard Porson (classical scholar) Derek Prince (Bible teacher) Arthur Rhys Davids...

School under Richard Valpy and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was elected fellow. Dobrée was an intimate friend of Richard Porson, whom he took...

— lines 55-56 The poem has been ascribed to several authors, of whom Richard Porson was once considered the most likely, although a strong case has also...

English, saying that his masters were three Richards: Richard Bentley, Richard Porson and Richard Dawes. Chisholm 1911, p. 611. Chisholm 1911, p. 612....

Richard Austin (1756–1832) was an English punchcutter. He was the original cutter of the typefaces now known as Bell, Scotch Roman, and Porson. Born in...

between revolution and tyranny, slavery and freedom, and war and peace. Richard Porson's 1795 translation of Prometheus Bound was illustrated with drawings...

Desiderius Erasmus; contributions to the field were made by Richard Bentley and Richard Porson. John Chadwick was associated with Michael Ventris in the...

historian in Russian history Nicholas Patrick (born 1964), NASA astronaut Richard Porson (1759–1808), classical scholar Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881–1955), social...

Heavenly Witnesses by Richard Porson (1790, London); A New Plea for the Authenticity of the Text of the Three Heavenly Witnesses or Porson's Letters to Travis...

and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. Richard Porson (1759–1808)- English classicist East Ruston is named as Abe Slaney's...

Saverio Bettinelli, Italian man of letters (born 1718) September 25 – Richard Porson, English classicist (born 1757) November 4 – Melchiore Cesarotti, Italian...

his suspected irreligion in print. The contemporary classical scholar Richard Porson mocked Gibbon, writing that his humanity never slept, "unless when women...

Francklin 1759 Michael Lort 1771 James Lambert 1780 William Cooke 1792 Richard Porson 1808 James Henry Monk 1823 Peter Paul Dobree 1825 James Scholefield...

Thoughts on the Importance of the Manners of the Great to General Society Richard Porson – Letters to Archdeacon Travis Thomas Scott – Commentary on the Whole...

profession were Edmund Burke, Samuel Johnson and Robert Orme, while Richard Porson praised him as the most accurate printer of Greek. Harriet Martineau...

Prime Minister, 1806–1807 Richard Porson (1759–1808), Regius Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge, 1792–1808 Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley...

church. He is mainly remembered for depriving the Cambridge classicist Richard Porson of his income, apparently in an attempt to force him to take Holy Orders...

was found in a well. Charles William Peach, naturalist and geologist Richard Porson, classical scholar Jonathan Balls, serial killer Genetic history of...

Friedrich Schiller, German poet and dramatist (died 1805) December 25 – Richard Porson, English classicist (died 1808) unknown date – Deen Mahomet, author...

Wolf was the real creator of Greek scholarship in modern Germany, and Richard Porson's gibe that "the Germans in Greek are sadly to seek" had some truth in...