Campbell was born in Edinburgh. His father, Robert Campbell, RN, was a first cousin of Thomas Campbell, the poet. His mother was the author Eliza Constantia Campbell.[2] His father died when he was two years of age.[3] In 1844 his mother married Col. Hugh Morrieson.[4]
Sir W.D. Ross had recognized the importance of stylometric methods in Plato chronology which Campbell had introduced in his editions of the Sophistes and Politicus of 1869. Recent scholars such as Charles H. Kahn and Diskin Clay, have each advanced the ordering and grouping of Plato's dialogues according to the same method.
Craik, E. "Professor Lewis Campbell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 13 February 2022. Emeritus Professor of Greek, University of St Andrews...advocated higher education for women. As to the latter, he was closely involved in the foundation of St Leonard's School for women and was the chairman of the school council for many years.
Campbell, Lewis (1891). "The Journal Of Education". The Journal of Education: 593–4. Retrieved 19 March 2022. [Campbell still chairman of council in 1891 having been elected in 1886]
"The Rev. Lewis Campbell". St. Andrews Citizen Fife, Scotland. 21 October 1893. Rev. Lewis Campbell, Emeritus Professor of Greek, preached in the College Church last Sunday morning. The* subject of his discourse was the...
Clarke, M. (1959). Classical Education in Britain, 1500–1900. Cambridge University Press. p.158. Retrieved 11 April 2021. ...of Scotsman who, like Lewis Campbell, had taken Anglican Orders
"Evensong The Scottish Book of Common Prayer (1929)"(PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2024. Welcome to St Salvator's Chapel at the heart of this ancient learning community. This service of Evensong is based on the monastic method of worship which has nourished the Church through most of Christian history. It is characterized by the corporate recitation and chanting of scripture and prayers in a meditative manner. During the Reformation of the Church in these islands, two of the Latin monastic offices (Vespers and Compline) were combined into Evening Prayer, commonly known as Evensong. Although virtually unchanged since 1549, it remains a resonant part of the Church's sacrifice of prayer in the Episcopal Church of Scotland,