Augustine Bryan
English classical scholar
Augustine Bryan (died 1726) was an English classical scholar, known for his edition of Plutarch's Lives.
Life
He was the son of Augustine Bryan of London, and studied at St Paul's School. He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1708 (B.A. 1711, M.A. 1716). He was instituted to the rectory of Piddlehinton, Dorset, on 16 January 1722; and died on 6 April 1726.
Works
Bryan published a sermon on the election of the lord mayor in 1718, and just before his death he had finished the printing of an edition of Plutarch's Lives. It was completed by Moses du Soul, and was published under the title of Plutarchi Chæronensis Vitæ Parallelæ, cum singulis aliquot. Græce et Latine. Adduntur variantes Lectiones ex MSS. Codd. Veteres et Novæ, Doctorum Virorum Notæ et Emendationes, et Indices accuratissimi, 5 vols., London, 1723–9. It contains heads of the illustrious persons, engraved from gems.
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