Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson (24 January 1803 – 24 July 1874) was an English classical scholar.
Beatson was born in London, the son of Anby Beatson, a
Cheapside
Cheapside is a street in the City of London, the historic and modern financial centre of London, which forms part of the A40 London to Fishguard road. It links St. Martin's Le Grand with Poultry. Near its eastern end at Bank junction, where ...
merchant. He was educated first at
Merchant Taylors' School, and afterwards at
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...
, where he graduated B.A. in 1825 and M.A. in 1828.
He was elected a fellow of his college soon after taking his first degree, and was senior fellow at the time of his death (24 July 1874). He compiled the ''Index Græcitatis Æschyleæ'', which was published at Cambridge in 1830 in the first volume of the ''
Index in Tragicos Græcos''. An edition of
Robert Ainsworth's ''Thesaurus Linguæ Latinæ'', revised by Beatson, was issued in 1829, and republished in 1830 and in 1860.
His other works were:
# ''Progressive Exercises on the Composition of Greek Iambic Verse . . . For the use of
King's School, Canterbury
The King's School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for 13 to 18 year old pupils) in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group. It is Britain's ...
'', Cambridge, 1836; a popular school book, which reached a tenth edition in 1871
# ''Exercises on Latin Prose Composition'', 1840.
# ''Lessons in Ancient History'', 1853.
# An edition of Demosthenes' Oration against the Law of Leptines, 1864.
[Athenaeum, 1 August 1874][Luard's Grad. Cantab. 1760–1856][British Museum Catalogue]
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1803 births
1874 deaths
English classical scholars
Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Classical scholars of the University of Cambridge