John Hudson (1662 – 26 November 1719), English

classical scholar Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

, was born at Wythop, near Cockermouth in

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. He was educated at

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, and spent the rest of his life at the University: appointed as a

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in 1686, Bodley's librarian in 1701, and in 1711 principal of

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. His political views stood in the way of his preferment in the church and university. As an editor and commentator, he enjoyed a high reputation both at home and abroad. His works, chiefly editions of classical authors, include the following: * '' Velleius Paterculus'' (1693). * ''

Thucydides Thucydides ( ; ; BC) was an Classical Athens, Athenian historian and general. His ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts Peloponnesian War, the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been d ...

'' (1696). * ''Geographicae Veteris Scriptores Graeci minores'' (1698–1712) containing the works and fragments of 21 authors and the learned, though diffuse, dissertations of Henry Dodwell. A rare and valuable work, which in spite of its faulty text was not superseded until the appearance of

Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller (; 13 February 1813 in Clausthal – 1894 in Göttingen) was a German philologist and historian, best known for his Didot family, Didot editions of fragmentary Greek authors. ''Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum'' Müll ...

's edition in the Didot series. * The first edition of Aelius Moeris', ''De Vocibus Atticis et Hellenicis'' (1712). * ''

Flavius Josephus Flavius Josephus (; , ; ), born Yosef ben Mattityahu (), was a History of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing ''The Jewish War'', he was born in Jerusalem—then part of the Judaea ...

'' (1720, published posthumously by his friend Anthony Hall, the antiquary), a correct and beautifully printed edition, with variorum notes and Latin translation.

References

* * Anthony à Wood, ''Athenae Oxonienses'', iv. * W. Hutchinson, ''History of Cumberland'' (1794).

External links

* The 1720 Flavius Josephus edition
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