Richard Bentley
Sign in to saveEnglish classical scholar, critic and theologian and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1662–1742)
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It sits within the topics 1662 births, 1742 deaths and 17th-century Anglican theologians.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Bentley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Wakefield
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Field of work
- theology
- Image
- Bentley, PA05593 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Cambridge
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- member of
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- Commons category
- Richard Bentley
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of birth
- 1662-01-01
- date of death
- 1742-01-01
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Richard Bentley
- different from
- Richard Bentley
- P12749
- Julia Dahmen
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Works in European collections
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Categories
1662 births1742 deaths17th-century Anglican theologians18th-century Anglican theologians18th-century biblical scholars18th-century Christian biblical scholars18th-century English Christian theologiansAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeAnglican biblical scholarsBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyClassical scholars of the University of CambridgeEnglish biblical scholarsEnglish classical scholarsEnglish librariansEnglish philologistsMasters of Trinity College, CambridgeNew Testament scholarsPeople educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, WakefieldPeople from Rothwell, West YorkshireRegius Professors of Divinity (University of Cambridge)Scholars of ancient Greek literatureScholars of Latin literatureTextual scholarshipVice-chancellors of the University of Cambridge