Robert Scott (philologist)
British academic and priest (1811–1887) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Scott (26 January 1811 – 2 December 1887) was a British academic philologist and Church of England priest. He is best known for co-authoring the Greek-English Lexicon, commonly known as Liddell and Scott, which is still in use today. Scott was also a professor of Greek at the University of Oxford for over thirty years before his death on 2 December 1887.
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Robert Scott | |
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Born | (1811-01-26)26 January 1811 |
Died | 2 December 1887(1887-12-02) (aged 76) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Philologist |
Notable work | A Greek-English Lexicon |
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