John Cramer (priest)

John Antony Cramer

John Cramer (1834)
Born 1793
Mitlödi, Switzerland
Died 24 August 1848(1848-08-24)
Scarborough, England
Nationality British
Education Westminster School
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation Historian
Title Regius Professor of Modern History
Term 1842-1848
Predecessor Thomas Arnold
Successor Henry Halford Vaughan

John Antony Cramer (1793 – 24 August 1848), English classical scholar and geographer, was born at Mitlödi in Switzerland.

Life

He was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford. He resided in Oxford till 1844, during which time he held many important offices, being public orator, principal of New Inn Hall (1831–1847) (which he rebuilt at his own expense in 1833), and Regius Professor of Modern History from 1842 until 1848. In 1844 he was appointed to the deanery of Carlisle Cathedral, which he held until his death at Scarborough on 24 August 1848.

Works

His works include:

Notes

  1.  "Cramer, John Antony". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. pp. 4–5.
  2. vol. 1 (1835) Ὁμήρου Ἐπιμερισμοὶ κατ' ἀλφάβητον (e cod. Oxon. bibl. Novi Colleg. 298, saec. XIV ex.); vol. 2 (1835) Θεογνώστου Κανόνες, pp. 1-165; Χοιροβοσκοῦ Ὀρθογραφία, 167-281; Περὶ ποσότητος, 283-330; Ἐπιμερισμοὶ κατὰ στοιχεῖον. Γραφικά, 331-426; Ἐκλογαὶ διαφόρων λέξεων συνηλεγμένων (sic) ἐκ τε τῆς Γραφῆς καὶ τῶν θύραθεν πραγματειῶν, 427-469 (e cod. Barocc. 50; one of the sources of this treatise was the section on ἰῶτα ἀνεκφώνητον of Orus' Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας); Λέξεις κατὰ στοιχεῖον τῶν ὠδῶν (sic), 470-473; Λέξεις τῶν κανόνων, 473-475; Λέξεις ἐκ τοῦ Θεολόγου, 475-487; Ἐκ τοῦ ἁγίου Θαλλελαίου, 487; Untitled glossary, 488-500; Index glossarum, 501-522; vol. 4 (1837) pp. 170-218 Excerpta varia: Anonym. Grammaticalia Excerpt. e Cod. Barocc. 194 fol. 109. r; pp. 308-39 Excerpta varia. Exc. e Cod. Mus. Brit. Add. 5118; pp. 411-25 Cod. Barocc. 116. Chart. Saec. XIV. Excerpt. e Schol. Choerobosc. in Theodos. Can. f. 63
  3. vol. 4 (Oxford 1841), pp. 239-244 Κανόνες καθολικοὶ περὶ συντάξεως by Timothy of Gaza (a Greek grammarian active in the reign of Anastasius, i.e. 491-518).

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