Richard Bentley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Bentley

English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1662

Place of Birth: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1742

Profession: deacon, librarian, theologian, university teacher, classical scholar, literary critic, classical philologist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Richard Bentley (; 27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian.
He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Bentley was the first Englishman to be ranked with the great heroes of classical learning and was known for his literary and textual criticism.
Called the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is credited with the creation of the English school of Hellenism, and introduced the first competitive written examinations in a Western university.