Edward Moore, FBA (1835–1916) was an English scholar who specialized in

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer, and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called ...

. He was Principal of

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from 1864 to 1903.

Biography

Moore was born at

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, the son of John Moore, a doctor of medicine. He was educated at Bromsgrove Grammar School and at

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, where he received recognition. He was elected

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in 1858, subsequently working as tutor there, and was ordained deacon in 1859, then priest in 1861. In 1864 he was nominated by the college to become the Principal of

. The appointment carried with it the

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of Gatcombe,

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. He stepped down as principal in 1903. He was elected an honorary fellow of

in 1899, and of Queen's college in 1902, and received the honorary degree D.Litt. from the

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. In January 1903 he was announced as a canon of

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, and he was installed there on 26 January 1903. He was a

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(DD). Right Rev. Edward Moore (1870–1944), who was Anglican Bishop of Travancore and Cochin 1925–37, was his eldest son.

Published works

* ''

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'', books i-iv (5th edition, 1896) * ''Aristotle's Poetics, with Notes'' (1875) * ''Time References in the Divine Commedia'' (1887), translated and published at

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in 1900 with the title ''Gli accenni al tempo nella Divina Commedia; Textual Criticism of the Divina Commedia'' * ''

Dante Dante Alighieri (; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer, and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called ...

and his Early

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s'' (1890) * ''Tutte le opere di

'', the "Oxford Dante". * ''Studies in Dante. First Series. Scripture and Classical Authors in Dante'' (Oxford, 1896) * ''Studies in Dante. Second Series. Miscellaneous Essays'' (Oxford, 1899) * ''Studies in Dante. Third Series. Miscellaneous Essays'' (Oxford, 1903) * ''Studies in Dante. Fourth Series. Textual Criticism of the Convivio and Miscellaneous Essays'' (Oxford, 1917)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Edward 1835 births 1916 deaths English translators Writers from Cardiff People educated at Bromsgrove School Dante scholars Principals of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Fellows of the Queen's College, Oxford Fellows of Pembroke College, Oxford Presidents of the Oxford Union