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DOWNES [D(o)UNAEUS], ANDREW (c. 1549-1628) , English classical scholar, was born in the county of Shropshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge , where he did much to revive the study of Greek, at that time at a very low ebb. In 1571 he was elected fellow of his college, and, in 1585, he was appointed to the regius professorship of Greek, which he held for nearly forty
Cambridge , on the 2nd of February 1627/1628. According to Simonds d'Ewes (Autobiography, ed. J. O. Halliwell, i. pp. 139, 141), who attended his lectures on Demosthenes
Downes was accounted " the ablest Grecian of Christendom." He published little, but seems to have devoted his chief
Henry
Downes was also one of the seven translators of the Apocrypha for the " authorized " version of the Bible, and one of the six learned men appointed to revise the new version after its completion.End of Article: DOWNES [D(o)UNAEUS], ANDREW (c. 1549-1628) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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