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DUNBAR, GEORGE (1774—1851)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 668 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DUNBAR, See also:
GEORGE
GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
GEORGE, LAKE
GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)
GEORGE (1774—1851) , See also:

ENGLISH

English classical See also:

SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and lexicographer, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Coldingham in See also:

BERWICKSHIRE

Berwickshire. In See also:

early See also:

LIFE

life he followed the humble profession of gardening, but, having been permanently injured by an See also:

accident, devoted himself to the study of the See also:

CLASSICS

classics. When about See also:

THIRTY

thirty years of See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, he settled in See also:

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where he obtained a tutorship in the See also:

FAMILY

family of See also:

Lord See also:

PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

Provost Fettes. In 1807 he succeeded See also:

Andrew Dalzel as See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

Greek in the university. Dunbar held his See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment till his See also:

DEATH

death on the 6th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1851. Although a See also:

man of See also:

GREAT

great See also:

ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, Dunbar did not produce anything of permanent value. He deserves mention, however, for his Greek-English and English-Greek See also:

LEXICON

lexicon (184o), on the compilation of which he spent eight years. Although now superseded, it was the best See also:

WORK

work of its See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind that had appeared in See also:

England. The little that is known of Dunbar's life will be found in the Caledonian See also:

Mercury (8th of December 1851).

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