John Josias Conybeare (1779–1824), the elder brother of

William Daniel Conybeare William Daniel Conybeare FRS (7 June 178712 August 1857), dean of Llandaff, was an English geologist, palaeontologist and clergyman. He is probably best known for his ground-breaking work on fossils and excavation in the 1820s, including import ...

, was a scholar of Anglo-Saxon. He was an accomplished scholar, and studied at Christ Church, Oxford. He became vicar of

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, and was Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon (1808–1812), and afterwards

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(1812–1821), at the

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Works

He published a translation of Beowulf in English and Latin verse (1814), but is particularly noted for his posthumously published 1826 ''Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry''.ed. by William Daniel Conybeare (London: Harding and Lepard). https://books.google.com/books/about/Illustrations_of_Anglo_Saxon_Poetry.html?id=vYwlAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y. Like his brother, he was a student of

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and communicated papers to the ''

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'' and the ''Transactions'' of the

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(Obituary in ''Ann. Phil.'' vol. viii., Sept. 1824, p. 162.) He gave the

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at Oxford in 1824. These were published posthumously (also in 1824) a
''An attempt to trace the History and ascertain the Limits of the Secondary and Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture''

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* 1779 births 1824 deaths Anglo-Saxon studies scholars Translators from Old English English geologists 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Rawlinsonian Professors of Anglo-Saxon Oxford Professors of Poetry {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub