Augustine Bryan (died 1726) was an English classical scholar, known for his edition of '' Plutarch's Lives''.

Life

He was the son of Augustine Bryan of London, and studied at St Paul's School. He matriculated at

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in 1708 (B.A. 1711, M.A. 1716). He was instituted to the rectory of

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, on 16 January 1722; and died on 6 April 1726.

Works

Bryan published a sermon on the election of the lord mayor in 1718, and just before his death he had finished the printing of an edition of

Plutarch Plutarch (; grc-gre, Πλούταρχος, ''Ploútarchos''; ; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''P ...

's ''Lives''. It was completed by Moses du Soul, and was published under the title of ''Plutarchi Chæronensis Vitæ Parallelæ, cum singulis aliquot. Græce et Latine. Adduntur variantes Lectiones ex MSS. Codd. Veteres et Novæ, Doctorum Virorum Notæ et Emendationes, et Indices accuratissimi'', 5 vols., London, 1723–9. It contains heads of the illustrious persons, engraved from gems. The Greek text is printed from the Paris edition of 1624, with a few corrections, and the Latin translation is also mainly adopted from that edition.

References

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