Lort, Michael, 1725-1790 (antiquary)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1725 - 1790
Biography
Cambridge University's history can be dated back to the early thirteenth century, when scholars congregated in the city for the purpose of study. The first college, Peterhouse, was established in 1284. Michael Lort (1725-1790), antiquary, entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1743, and became a Senior Fellow in 1768. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge, 1759-1771, and was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1755, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766. He became a Prebendary of St Paul's in 1780. Lort died on 5 November 1790.
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Fonds
Project for the Government of the University of Cambridge
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4149
Scope and Contents
'A projecte conteyninge the State, Order, and Manner of Government of the University of CAMBRIDGE as it is to be seen in the Three & Fortieth Yeare Of our most gracious Soveraigne Queene ELIZABETH' transcribed by Michael Lort from an original said to have been in the possession of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, and dedicated to Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, Chancellor of the University, +1768. Edited by Michael Lort 1769. The verso is blank. Inside the front cover bookplate...
Dates:
1768 (Circa)
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Cambridge University Library