John Conington
✓ Source-basedfallingBritish classical scholar (1825-1869)
Lived 1825 to 1869 · aged 44
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John Conington was an English classical scholar. In 1866 he published his best-known work, the translation of the Aeneid of Virgil into the octosyllabic metre of Walter Scott. He was Corpus Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford from 1854 until his death.
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Lived 1825 to 1869 · aged 44
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