 Oxouiensis decus insignissimum : a person of the most extensive learning and consummate judgment, the brightest ornament of the university of Oxford.  The Beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical ... - Page 952by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris - 1813Full view - About this book
 | William Beloe - 1811
...Mathematician; so eminent indeed as to be denominated by a writer of those days, " not only the Prince or Coryphaeus, but the very soul and sun of all the Mathematicians of his time :" the other profoundly versed in the Greek and Latin tongues. This latter was the friend of Savile.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography & Autobiography - 1812
...president of Trinity college and his successors. Mr. Burton, the author of his funeral oration, calls him not only the Coryphaeus, but the very soul and sun of all the mathematicians of his time. Mr. Selden mentions him as " omni eruditionis genere summoque jiulicio ornatissimus, celeberrima: academiae... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812
...president of Trinity college and his successors. Mr. Burton, the author of his funeral oration, calls him not only the Coryphaeus, but the very soul and sun of all the mathematicians of his time. Mr. Selden mentions him as " omni eruditionis genere summoque judicio ornatissimus, celeberriiruc academic... | |
 | John Britton, James Norris Brewer, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Frederic Shoberl, Joseph Nightingale, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, John Bigland, John Evans, Thomas Rees - 1813
...not solicit his adricc. Having lived to a great age in philosophic retirement, he diedatGlosterhall in 1632. That the character of Allen for talents and...frequently quoted by other authors, and mentioned as having kteu deposited in the Bibliotheca Alleniana.* The * Fki'i Hist. Staff, p. 1:7 ii. Cei.t. Biog. Diet... | |
 | Sampson Erdeswicke, Thomas Harwood - 1820
...optimis artibas ornatissimus. Burton, who wrote his funeral sermon, stiles him " not only the Coryphecus, but the very soul and sun of all the mathematicians of his time.'' The manor of Buckenhall is now the property of John Sparrow, of Bishton, esq. Arms of Burwash, or Burghurst:... | |
 | James Ingram - 1837 - 99 pages
...ornaments and benefactors of the university; Thomas Allen, and sir Kenelm Digby. The former, called ' the very soul and sun of all the mathematicians of his time,' was admitted scholar of Trinity college in 1561, fellow in 1565, and proceeded MA there two years afterwards.... | |
 | James Ingram - Education - 1847
...ornaments and benefactors of the university ; Thomas Allen, and sir Kenelm Digby. The former, called ' the very soul and sun of all the mathematicians of his time,' was admitted scholar of Trinity college in 1561, fellow in 1565, and proceeded MA there two years afterwards.... | |
 | Francis Redfern - 1865
...his age, and was interred with great solemnity. Mr. Burton, who delivered his funeral oration, called him not only " The Coryphaeus but the very soul and sun of all the mathematicians of his time;" and Mr. Sheldon, who was his intimate friend, mentioned him " as a person of most extensive learning,... | |
 | Francis Redfern - 1886 - 465 pages
...age, and he was interred with great solemnity. Mr. Burton, who delivered his funeral oration, called him not only " The Coryphaeus but the very soul and sun of all the mathematicians of his time;" and Mr. Sheldon, who was his intimate friend, mentioned him "as a person of most extensive learning... | |
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