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JAMES HENRY MONK (1784-1856)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 724 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMES See also:HENRY See also:MONK (1784-1856)  , See also:English divine and classical See also:scholar, was See also:born at Buntingford, Herts . He was educated at See also:Charterhouse School and Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and in 1809 was elected See also:professor of See also:Greek in See also:succession to See also:Porson . The See also:establishment of the classical tripos was in See also:great measure due to his efforts . In 1822 he was appointed See also:dean of See also:Peter-See also:borough; in 183o, See also:bishop of See also:Gloucester (with which the see of See also:Bristol was amalgamated in 1836) . He is best known as the author of a See also:Life of See also:Bentley (183o) and as the editor (with C . J . , See also:Blomfield) of Porson's Adversaria (1812) .

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