Shilleto, Richard, 1809-1876
Variant namesEpithet: of Add MS 36047
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x00039e
Ricard Shilleto (1809-1876) was born on 25 November 1809, the son of John Shilleto of Ulleskelf, Yorkshire. He was educated at Repton and at Shrewsbury school, before being admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1828, to study classics (B.A., 1832; M.A., 1835). He took orders, lectured at Trinity and King's, and worked as a private coach. He became a fellow of Peterhouse in 1867, and served as assistant tutor, dean, and praelector of the college. Shilleto was an acclaimed Greek scholar with a great knowledge of Greek prose. He died on 24 September 1876 at his house in Bateman Street.
From the guide to the Richard Shilleto: Classical Notebook, c. 1840-1850, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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| creatorOf | Richard Shilleto: Classical Notebook, c. 1840-1850 | Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | (III. ff. 192). 13 June, 1738-6 Feb. 1739.includes:f. 2 Tomlynson Busby: Suit v. Hartley: 1738. f. 2 b Thomas Johnson: Suit v. Coxeter: 1737-1739. f. 3 b Long Melford, Suffolk: Suit v. the Warden, etc., of Hospital at: 1737-1739. f. 3 b James John... | British Library | |
| referencedIn | Richard Shilleto: Classical Notebook, c. 1840-1850 | Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Augustus Arthur Vansittart: Compositions and Notes, 1845-1847 | Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Herbert John Reynolds and John Thomas Walford: Notes on Lectures by Richard Shilleto, 1852-1854 | Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives |
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| associatedWith | Aristophanes c 448-380 | person |
| associatedWith | Augustus Arthur Vansittart | person |
| associatedWith | Herbert John Reynolds and John Thomas Walford | person |
| associatedWith | Plato c 427-347 | person |
| associatedWith | Shilleto Richard 1809-1876 | person |
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| Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |||
| London, England | |||
| Killpeck, Herefordshire | |||
| North Tuddenham, Norfolk | |||
| Birmingham, Warwickshire | |||
| Eastrington, Yorkshire | |||
| Warwick, Warwickshire | |||
| Long Melford, Suffolk | |||
| Taunton, Somerset |
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| Classical literature |
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Person
Birth 1809-11-25
Death 1876-09-24
