John Conington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Conington

British classical scholar

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1825

Place of Birth: Boston, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Oct-1869

Profession: translator, classical scholar, classical philologist

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About John Conington

  • John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar.
  • In 1866 he published his best-known work, the translation of the Aeneid of Virgil into the octosyllabic metre of Walter Scott.
  • He was Corpus Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford from 1854 till his death.

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