, LL. D. a learned schoolmaster in Scotland, was born at Alvah in the county
, LL. D. a learned schoolmaster
in Scotland, was born at Alvah in the county of Banff, in
August 1723, and educated at the grammar-school of Banff,
whence in 1737 he removed to King’s college, Aberdeen.
During the academical vacation, which lasts from April
to October, he engaged as a private tutor in the family of
a gentleman, by whose interest he was appointed master
of the school of Alvah, and being indulged with a substitute, he continued his academical course until April 1741,
when he took the degree of master of arts. Feeling now a
strong propensity to tuition, in order to qualify himself for
conducting some respectable establishment of that kind,
and in a situation of great publicity, he became assistant
teacher in the grammar-school of Dalkeith. On the recommendation of his friend and patron Dr. George Stewart,
professor of humanity in the university of Edinburgh, he
was in February 1747 admitted joint master of the grammar-school of Dumfries with Mr. Robert Trotter, on whose
resignation from age and infirmity, three years after, Mr.
Chapman was promoted to be rector or head-master; and
in this laborious office he continued with increasing reputation and success, until Martinmas 1774. A few years after
he had formed and experienced the good effects of the
plan of education which he adopted in this seminary, he
committed it to writing, and occasionally submitted it, in
the various stages of progression, to the inspection and observations of his particular friends, of whose animadversions
he availed himself by subjecting them to the test of attentive experiment. In the autumn of 1774, desirous of some
relief from his accumulated labours, the consequence of his
extensive fame as a teacher, he resigned his office in the
school, and confined himself to the instruction of a few
pupils who boarded in his house, until conceiving that this
limited kind of academy, which parents were often soliciting him to enlarge, might affect the interest of his successor in the school, he removed, in 1801, to Inchdrewer near
Banff, a farm that had long been occupied by his father,
and to the lease of which he had succeeded on his death.
On this he erected a handsome dwelling-house, capable
of accommodating a considerable number of boarders for
tuition, an employment he could never relinquish, and for
which few men were better qualified. He afterwards received the degree of LL. D. from the Marischal college of
Aberdeen, and about the same time removed to Edinburgh
to superintend a printing-house for the benefit of a relation, and occasionally gave his assistance to the students of
the university. He died at his house in Rose-street, Edinburgh, Feb. 22, 1806, in the' eighty-third year of his age,
leaving a character, as a schoolmaster and a gentleman,
which will not soon be forgotten by his numerous pupils
and friends. His publications were; 1. “A treatise on
Education,
” Hints on the Education of the Lower Ranks of the
People, and the appointment of Parochial Schoolmasters.
”
3. “Advantages of a Classical Education, c.
” 4. “An
abridgment of Mr. Ruddiman’s Rudiments and Latin.
Grammar.
” 5. “East India Tracts; viz. Collegium Bengalense, a Latin poem, Translation and Dissertation. 7 '
This Latin poem, in Sapphic verse, and in which there is
a considerable portion of fancy, with correct versification,
may be considered as a very uncommon instance of vigour
of mind at the advanced age of eighty-two. A new edition of his works, for the benefit of his family, was announced soon after his death, in a
” Sketch of his Life,"
published in 1808, 8vo, and was to have been sent to press
as soon as a requisite number of subscriptions were received, but we are sorry to find that this undertaking has not
been so liberally patronized as might have been expected.
, a learned schoolmaster, who styled himself Henricus Edmundus ab
, a learned schoolmaster, who
styled himself Henricus Edmundus ab Edmundo, was born
an Cumberland in 1607, and in 1622 entered a student in
Queen’s college, Oxford, in the inferior rank of tabarder,
from which be probably rose by his talents, as he took his
degrees in arts, and obtained a fellowship. Afterwards he
was employed as usher of Tunbridge school; and in 1655,
was appointed, by the provost and fellows of Queen’s college, master of die free school at Northleach in Gloucestershire, which he retained until his death, July 15, 1659,
Jeaving the character of a learned and successful teacher.
He published at least two school books the one entitled
“Lingua linguarum,
” London, Homonyma et Synonyma Linguae Latin it- conjuncta et
distincta,
” Oxon.
, an eminent literary historian, was the son of a learned schoolmaster, who is very highly celebrated by Ernesti,
, an eminent literary
historian, was the son of a learned schoolmaster, who is
very highly celebrated by Ernesti, and was born at Schulpforten, in 1723. All we know of his personal history is,
that he studied law, and became a burgomaster of Nuremberg, where he died in 1776. His principal writings are,
1. “Rhinoceros veterum scriptorum monumentis descriptus,
” Leipsic, Analecta literaria de Libris
rarioribus,
” ibid. Oratorum ac Rhetorum
Graecorum, quibus statuse honoris causa positse fuerunt, decas,
” ibid. Adparatus litterarius, ubi libri partim
antiqui partim rari recensentur,
” ibid. Analecta literaria,
”
and both are of the highest value to bibliographers. They
afford a striking proof of assiduity, close application, and
a discriminating judgment in appreciating the value of
what are termed rare and curious books. 5. “Specimen
historic literatae, quo virorum, feminarumque /ttrflpc3i3a*tov
memoria recolitur,
” ibid.
, a learned schoolmaster of the seventeenth century, was born in
, a learned schoolmaster
of the seventeenth century, was born in London in 1590,
and was educated at Westminster-school, whence he was
elected student of Christ-church, Oxford, in 1606. Here
he made great proficiency under the tuition of Dr. Samuel
Fell, and was considered even at this early period as eminent for his learning in the Greek and Latin languages.
Having taken his degrees in arts, he was in 1614 appointed
first master of the Charter-house, or Sutton’s new foundation of the hospital school; but some years afterwards,
having rendered himself incapable of holding that office by
marriage, the governors gave him the living of Castle
Camps in Cambridgeshire. On the 29th of January 1624,
he was admitted chief master of Merchant Taylors’ school,
on a disputed election, which, however, terminated in hw
favour, and he enjoyed the place with much reputation
until 1631, when he resigned and was elected head master
of Eton school, and a fellow. He was ejected by the
usurping powers from both his mastership and living, and
reduced to much distress. At length he obtained the
mastership of Tunbridge school, in which he continued
until the restoration, when he was re-appointed to his former preferments, but did not long live to enjoy them.
He died very poor at Eton in October 1660, and was.
buried in the choir of the chapel, near the stairs leading to
the. organ-loft. He published 1. “A Dictionary
” in Latin
and English, and English and Latin, an improvement on
Rider’s, but afterwards superseded by Holyoak’s. 2. “Luculenta e sacra scriptura testimonia, ad Hugonis Grotii
baptizatorum puerorum institutionem,
” Lond. Parabolse evangelical, Lat. redditse carmine paraphrastico
varii generis in usum scholar Tunbrigiensis,
” Lond. 8vo,
no date. Of the second article above-mentioned, we have
an edition of 1668, the title of which is, “Hugonis Grotii
Baptizatorum Puerorum Institutio, alternis interrogationibus et responsionibus.
” This contains Wase’s translation
into Greek, with grammatical notes, and other notes by
Barth. Beale, and Gouldsmith’s English version.
, a learned schoolmaster, the son of Robert Hayne, of Thrussington,
, a learned schoolmaster, the son of
Robert Hayne, of Thrussington, in Leicestershire, was
born probably in that parish, in 1581, and in 1599 was
entered of Lincoln-college, Oxford, where, being under
the care of an excellent tutor, he obtained great knowledge in philosophy, to which, and his other studies, he
was the more at leisure to give diligent application, as he
was, by a lameness almost from his birth, prevented from
enjoying the recreations of youth. In 1604 he took his
bachelor’s degree, and became one of the ushers of merchant taylors’ school, London: and after taking the degree
of master, was usher at Christ’s hospital. He was a noted
critic, an excellent linguist, and a solid divine, highly respected by men of learning, and particularly by Selden.
He died July 27, 1645, and was buried in Christ-church,
London, where a monument was erected over his grave,
(destroyed in the fire of London) with an inscription to his
memory, as an antiquary, a teacher, and a man of peace.
He bequeathed his books to the library at Leicester (which is commemorated in an inscription in that place), except a
few which he left to the library at Westminster. He gave
also 400l. to be bestowed in buying lands or houses, in or
near Leicester, of the yearly value of 24l. for ever, for the
maintenance of a schoolmaster in Thrussington, or some
town near thereto, to teach ten poor children, &c. Fifteen are now educated in this school. He founded also
two scholarships in Lincoln-college, the scholars to come
from the free-school at Leicester, or in defect of that, from
the school at Melton, &c. Several other acts of charity
are included in his will. His works are, I. “Grammatices
Latinae Compendium, 1637, reprinted in 1649, 8vo, with
two appendices. 2.
” Linguarum cognatio, seu de linguis
in genere,“&c. Lond. 1639, 8vo. 3.
” Pax in terra;
seu tractatus de pace ecclesiastica,“ibid. 1639, 8vo.
4.
” The equal ways of God, in rectifying the unequal
ways of man,“ibid. 1639, 8vo. 5.
” General View of
the Holy Scriptures or the times, places, and persons of
the Holy Scripture,“&c. ibid. 1640, fol. 6.
” Life and
Death of Dr. Martin Lutlier," ibid. 1641, 4to.
eing the real author of the Hudibrastic poem called “England’s Reformation,” was, according to Dodd, a learned schoolmaster, who becoming a Roman catholic, in the
, whom we mentioned under the
article Edward Ward, as being the real author of the Hudibrastic poem called “England’s Reformation,
” was, according to Dodd, a learned schoolmaster, who becoming a
Roman catholic, in the reign of James II. published several
books concerning religion. Dodd says that in these tc he
was so successful, that, though a layman, he was able to
give diversion to some of the ablest divines of the church
of England. He some time rode in the king’s guards; and
it was no small confusion to his adversaries, when they understood who it was they engaged with; imagining all the
while, they were attacking some learned doctor of the Roman communion.“After the revolution he retired into
Flanders, where he died soon after. He left two children,
a daughter who became a nun, and a son whom Dodd
speaks of as
” now (about