HENRY JOHN ROBY (183x- )
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of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also: - HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY JOHN ROBY (183x- )
, English classical scholar and writer on Roman law, was born at Tamworth on the 12th of August 1830
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He was educated at St John's College, Cam- bridge ( senior classic, 1853; fellow,' 1854)
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From 1866 to 1868 he was professor of jurisprudence at University College, London, and from 1872 to 1874 commissioner of endowed schools
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From 1890 to 1895 he was member of parliament in the Liberal interest for the Eccles division of Lancashire
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The book by which. he is , perhaps best known is his Grammar of the Latin Language from Plautus to Suetonius, a storehouse of illustrative quotations from Latin literature, but his most important works deal with Roman law—Introduction to Justinian's Digest (1884), and Roman Private Law (1902)
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