John Cramer (priest)

John Antony Cramer (1793 – 24 August 1848), English classical scholar and geographer, was born at Mitlödi in Switzerland.

John Antony Cramer
John Cramer (1834)
Born	1793 Mitlödi, Switzerland
Died	(1848-08-24)24 August 1848 Scarborough, England
Nationality	British
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation	Historian
Title	Regius Professor of Modern History
Term	1842–1848
Predecessor	Thomas Arnold
Successor	Henry Halford Vaughan

Life

He was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford. He resided in Oxford until 1844, during which time he held many important offices, being public orator, principal of New Inn Hall (1831–1847), and Regius Professor of Modern History from 1842 until 1848. He built the Cramer Building at New Inn Hall in 1833, which was converted into the St Peter's College dining hall in 1929.^[1] In 1844 he was appointed to the deanery of Carlisle Cathedral, which he held until his death at Scarborough on 24 August 1848.^[2]

Works

His works include:

• A Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps, published with his cousin, Henry Lewis Wickham^[3] (2nd edition, 1828).
• geographical and historical descriptions of Ancient Italy (1826)
• Ancient Greece (1828)
• Asia Minor (1832)
• Travels of Nicander Nucius of Corcyra traveller of the 16th century in England (1841)
• Catenae Graecorum Patrum in Novum Testamentum (1838–1844)
• Anecdota Graeca e codd. manuscriptis bibliothecarum oxoniensium (4 volumes, 1835-1837)^[4]
• Anecdota Graeca (from the manuscripts of the royal library in Paris, 4 volumes, 1839–1841).^[2][5]