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DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 865 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DAH-DEM
DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732) , English classical scholar and critic, was born in London on the 22nd of April 1679. He was educated at Charterhouse and Queens' College,
Cambridge
 , of which society he was elected fellow (July 7th, 1701). He subsequently became
rector
  of Fen Ditton, prebendary of Ely, and president of his college. He died on the 7th of March 17311732, and was buried in the college chapel.
Davies
  was considered one of the best commentators on Cicero, his attention being chiefly devoted to the philosophical works of that author. Amongst these he edited the Tusculanae disputationes (1709), De natura deorum (1718), De divinatione and De fato (1725), Academica (1725), De legibus (1727), De finibus (1728). His nearly finished notes on the De officiis he bequeathed to Dr Richard
Mead
 , with a view to their publication.
Mead
 , finding himself unable to carry out the undertaking, transferred the notes to
Thomas
  Bentley (nephew of the famous Richard Bentley), by whose carelessness they were burnt.
Davies
 's editions, which were intended to supplement those of Graevius, show
great
  learning and an extensive knowledge of the history and systems of philosophy, but he allows himself too much licence in the matter of emendation. He also edited Maximus of Tyre's Dissertationes (1703); the works of Caesar (1706); the Octavius of Minucius
Felix
  (17o7); the Epitome divinarum institutionum of Lactantius (1718). Although on intimate terms with Richard Bentley, he found himself unable to agree with the
great
  scholar in regard to his dispute with Trinity College.


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