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ROBERT SCOTT (1811-1887)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 469 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROBERT See also:SCOTT (1811-1887)  , See also:English divine and lexicographer, was See also:born on the 26th of See also:January 1811, at Bondleigh in See also:Devonshire, where his See also:father was See also:rector . Educated at See also:Shrewsbury School and See also:Christ See also:Church, See also:Oxford, after a brilliant university career he was elected See also:fellow of Balliol, where he was See also:tutor from 1835 to 1840 . After holding successively the See also:college livings of Duloe and See also:South Luffenham, in 1854 he was elected See also:master of Balliol . This See also:office he held, together (from 1861) with that of the professorship of the exegesis of See also:Holy Scriptures, down to 187o, when he accepted the deanery of See also:Rochester . As master of Balliol he kept the college up to the high level it had attained under his predecessor Dr Jenkyns . As a See also:Greek See also:scholar, he had few equals among his contemporaries . His See also:great See also:literary achievement, which may be said to constitute his See also:life's See also:work, was his collaboration with See also:Dean See also:Liddell in the Greek See also:lexicon which bears their names . He died at Rochester on the 2nd of See also:December 1887 .

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