John Hudson (1662 – 26 November 1719),
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, was born at
Wythop, near
Cockermouth
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in
Cumberland
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.
He was educated at
The Queen's College, Oxford
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, and spent the rest of his life at the University: appointed as a
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University College, Oxford
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in 1686,
Bodley's librarian in 1701, and in 1711 principal of
St Mary Hall, Oxford
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History
In 1320, ...
.
His political views stood in the way of his preferment in the church and university.
As an editor and commentator, he enjoyed a high reputation both at home and abroad. His works, chiefly editions of classical authors, include the following:
* ''
Velleius Paterculus
Marcus Velleius Paterculus (; c. 19 BC – c. AD 31) was a Roman historian, soldier and senator. His Roman history, written in a highly rhetorical style, covered the period from the end of the Trojan War to AD 30, but is most useful for the per ...
'' (1693).
* ''
Thucydides
Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientifi ...
'' (1696).
* ''Geographicae Veteris Scriptores Graeci minores'' (1698–1712) containing the works and fragments of 21 authors and the learned, though diffuse, dissertations of
Henry Dodwell
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Life
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. A rare and valuable work, which in spite of its faulty text was not superseded until the appearance of
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller
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's edition in the
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series.
* The first edition of
Aelius Moeris', ''De Vocibus Atticis et Hellenicis'' (1712).
* ''
Flavius Josephus
Flavius Josephus (; grc-gre, Ἰώσηπος, ; 37 – 100) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for ''The Jewish War'', who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly d ...
'' (1720, published posthumously by his friend
Anthony Hall, the antiquary), a correct and beautifully printed edition, with variorum notes and Latin translation.
References
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Anthony à Wood
Anthony Wood (17 December 1632 – 28 November 1695), who styled himself Anthony à Wood in his later writings, was an English antiquary. He was responsible for a celebrated ''Hist. and Antiq. of the Universitie of Oxon''.
Early life
Anthony W ...
, ''Athenae Oxonienses'', iv.
* W. Hutchinson, ''History of Cumberland'' (1794).
External links
* The 1720 Flavius Josephus edition
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