Shilleto, Richard, 1809-1876 (classical scholar)
Dates
- Existence: 1809 - 1876
Biography
Richard Shilleto (1809-1876) was born on 25 November 1809, the son of John Shilleto of Ulleskelf, Yorkshire. He was educated at Repton and at Shrewsbury school, before being admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1828, to study classics (B.A., 1832; M.A., 1835). He took orders, lectured at Trinity and King's, and worked as a private coach. He became a fellow of Peterhouse in 1867, and served as assistant tutor, dean, and praelector of the college. Shilleto was an acclaimed Greek scholar with a great knowledge of Greek prose. He died on 24 September 1876 at his house in Bateman Street.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Augustus Arthur Vansittart: Notes and compositions
Compositions and notes on Aristotle and Plato
Churchill Babington: Correspondence to R. Burn and R. Shilleto, 1873
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Herbert John Reynolds and John Thomas Walford: Notes on Lectures by Richard Shilleto
Notes on classics lectures
Richard Shilleto: Classical Notebook
Notes on Plato and Aristophanes by R. Shilleto, 83 folios: (fo. 2) Plato's Protagoras; (fo. 12) Phraedrus; (fo. 32) Lysis; (fo. 40) Meno. Beginning at the end of book and written inversely are notes on Aristophanes' Wasps. The original paper cover with the inscription 'R. Shilleto, Trin: Coll: Cambridge' has been pasted inside the front cover.
Richard Shilleto: examination certificate, 1840-1872 (Circa, undated)
Richard Shilleto: Verses
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