Porson, Richard, eminent Greek scholar, born in Norfolk; was a prodigy of learning and critical acumen; edited the plays of Æschylus and four of Euripides, but achieved little in certification to posterity of his ability and attainments; was a man of slovenly and intemperate habits, and died of apoplexy (1759‒1808).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Porsena * Port Arthur