Weymouth, Richard Francis
- Weymouth, Richard Francis
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▪ British philologist and biblical scholar
born Oct. 26, 1822, near Plymouth, Devon, Eng.
died Dec. 27, 1902, Bentwood, Essex
philologist and biblical scholar who made one of the major 20th-
century translations of the New Testament into modern English.
After graduation from University College,
London,
he received the first Doctor of Literature degree from the University of London (
1868).
A Baptist layman,
he taught in private schools and was headmaster of Mill Hill,
London,
a nonconformist school for boys (
1869–
86).
In addition to many articles on philological and theological subjects,
he published Early English Pronunciations (
1874);
The Resultant Greek Testament (
1886),
the New Testament Greek text accepted by most biblical scholars of his time;
and the innovative New Testament in Modern Speech (
1903).
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
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