Edward Moore (scholar)
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Edward Moore was an English
scholar, born at Cardiff
. He was educated ar Bromsgrove Grammar School and at Pembroke College, Oxford
. For a time he was rector
of Gatcombe
, Isle of Wight
. From 1862 to 1864 he was fellow and tutor of Queen's College, Oxford. In 1864 he became principal of St. Edmund Hall, and in 1903 he was made canon of Canterbury Cathedral
. He became honorary fellow of Pembroke and Queen's colleges, and received the Dublin D.Litt. His publications comprise:
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
scholar, born at Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
. He was educated ar Bromsgrove Grammar School and at Pembroke College, Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. For a time he was rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of Gatcombe
Gatcombe
Gatcombe is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. It is located four kilometres from Newport in the centre of the island. St. Olave's Church, Gatcombe was dedicated in 1292, serving as chapel to Gatcombe House...
, Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
. From 1862 to 1864 he was fellow and tutor of Queen's College, Oxford. In 1864 he became principal of St. Edmund Hall, and in 1903 he was made canon of Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....
. He became honorary fellow of Pembroke and Queen's colleges, and received the Dublin D.Litt. His publications comprise:
- AristotleAristotleAristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
's Ethics, books i-iv (5th edition, 1896) - Aristotle's Poetics, with Notes (1875)
- Time References in the Divine Commedia (1887), translated and published at FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
in 1900 with the title Gli acceni al tempo nella Divina Commedia; Textual Criticism of the Divina Commedia - DanteDante AlighieriDurante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
and his Early Biographers (1890) - Tutte le opere di Dante AlighieriDante AlighieriDurante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
, the "Oxford Dante", by all means the best edition of Dante's works which, together with Moore's other studies in the same field, placed him among the first of Dante scholars.