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Andrew Downes, also known as Dounaeus, (c. 1549-2 February, 1628) was an English
England

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 classical scholar born in the county of Shropshire
Shropshire

Shropshire , alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated, in print only, Shrops, is a Counties of England in the West Midlands of England....
. He was educated at Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is home to 70,689 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham, which has a population of 95,850....
 and St. John's College
St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, an institution known formally as The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort in 1511....
, Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, where he did much to revive the study of Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
, at that time at a very low ebb.

In 1571 he was elected fellow of his college, and, in 1585, he was appointed to the Regius Professor of Greek
Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge)

The Regius Professorship of Greek is one of the oldest and most prestigious of the List of Professorships at the University of Cambridge at the University of Cambridge....
, which he held for nearly forty years. He died at Coton
Coton, Cambridgeshire

Coton is a small village and civil parish three miles west-by-north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. It belongs to the administrative district of South Cambridgeshire....
, near Cambridge, on February 2, 1627/1628.






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Andrew Downes, also known as Dounaeus, (c. 1549-2 February, 1628) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 classical scholar born in the county of Shropshire
Shropshire

Shropshire , alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated, in print only, Shrops, is a Counties of England in the West Midlands of England....
. He was educated at Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is home to 70,689 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham, which has a population of 95,850....
 and St. John's College
St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, an institution known formally as The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort in 1511....
, Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, where he did much to revive the study of Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
, at that time at a very low ebb.

In 1571 he was elected fellow of his college, and, in 1585, he was appointed to the Regius Professor of Greek
Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge)

The Regius Professorship of Greek is one of the oldest and most prestigious of the List of Professorships at the University of Cambridge at the University of Cambridge....
, which he held for nearly forty years. He died at Coton
Coton, Cambridgeshire

Coton is a small village and civil parish three miles west-by-north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. It belongs to the administrative district of South Cambridgeshire....
, near Cambridge, on February 2, 1627/1628. According to Simonds d'Ewes
Simonds d'Ewes

Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet was an antiquary and politician. He was bred for the bar, was a member of the Long Parliament and left notes on its transactions....
 (Autobiography, ed. J. O. Halliwell, i. pp. 139, 141), who attended his lectures on Demosthenes
Demosthenes

Demosthenes was a prominent Greeks statesman and orator of History of Athens. His oratorys constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC....
 and gives a slight sketch of his personality, Downes was accounted "the ablest Grecian of Christendom
Christendom

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."

He published little, but seems to have devoted his chief attention to the Greek orators. He edited Lysias
Lysias

Lysias was an Attic orators....
' Pro caede Eratosthenis (1593); Praelectiones in Philippicam de pace Demosthenis (1621), dedicated to James I of England
James I of England

James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
; some letters (written in Greek) to Isaac Casaubon
Isaac Casaubon

Isaac Casaubon was a classics and philologist, first in France and then later in England, regarded by many of his time as the most learned in Europe....
, printed in the Epistolae of the latter; and notes to John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom

'Saint John Chrysostom' , archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in Sermon and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St....
, in Sir Henry Savile
Sir Henry Savile

Sir Henry Savile , was an English scholar, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Provost of Eton....
's edition. Downes was also one of the seven translators of the Apocrypha
Apocrypha

Apocrypha are texts of uncertain authenticity, or writings where the authorship is questioned.When used in the specific context of Judeo-Christian theology, the term apocrypha refers to any collection of scriptural texts that falls outside the Biblical canon....
 for the King James Version of the Bible
King James Version of the Bible

The Authorized King James Version is an English language translation of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and first published in 1611 by the Church of England....
, and one of the six learned men appointed to revise the new version after its completion.