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| Donaldson, John William. Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, Jan. 30, 1830. [2nd] s. of Stuart, merchant. B. June 7, 1811, in London. Private tuition. Matric. Michs. 1830; Scholar, 1833; B.A. (2nd Classic) 1834; M.A. 1837; B.D. 1844; D.D. 1849; ad eundem Oxford, June 10, 1858. Fellow, 1835; Tutor. President of the Union, 1839. Ord. deacon (Gloucester) Dec. 22, 1839; priest, June 14, 1840. Head Master, King Edward's School, Bury St Edmunds, 1841-55. A brilliant and original scholar; one of the pioneers in applying comparative methods to Greek and Latin Philology. His abilities being not those of an administrator, his work at Bury St Edmunds was chiefly valuable for the intellectual influence he exerted on the town. In Jashar (published 1854) he advanced the bold critical theory that fragments of a book of Jashar are to be detected throughout the Old Testament up to and including the reign of Solomon, and that they are 'the religious marrow of the scriptures.' The outcry which this provoked very possibly precipitated his resignation as Head Master. Returned to Cambridge, 1855, where he obtained a great reputation as a private tutor. Edited Buckham's The Theatre of the Greeks, originally published in 1827; The New Cratylus, 1839; Varronianus, 1844; Jashar; Fragmenta archetypa carminum Hebraicorum, 1854, etc. Married, 1840, Laetitia, dau. of Sir John Mortlock, banker, of Cambridge. Died Feb. 10, 1861, at his mother's house, Hyde Park, London. (D.N.B.; Boase, I. 893; Memorials of H. A. Morgan, 205; Al. Oxon.) | John William DONALDSON Approx. lifespan: 1811–1861 pens. aged 18 Trinity College adm1830:01:30 2nd s. of Stuart DONALDSON, merchant. b. London 1811:06:07 Private tuition. Matric 1830:10MT: Scholar 1833 BA 2 nd Classic 1834 MA 1837 BD 1844 DD 1849 ad eundem OX 1858:06:10 Fellow 1835 Tutor: President of: : Cambridge Union Society 1839 Ord. deacon Gloucester 1839:12:22 Ord. priest 1840:06:14 Sch: Headmaster: Sch: King Edward's School Headmaster: King Edward's, Bury St Edmunds Headmaster: King Edward's, Bury, [ Suffolk ] 1841-55 A brilliant and original scholar; one of the pioneers in applying comparative methods to Greek and Latin Philology. His abilities being not those of an administrator, his work Bury St Edmunds, [ Suffolk ] was chiefly valuable for the intellectual influence he exerted on the town. In Jashar (published (1854) he advanced the bold critical theory that fragments of a book of Jashar are to be detected throughout the Old Testament up to and including the reign of Solomon, and that they are "the religious marrow of the scriptures." The outcry which this provoked very possibly precipitated his resignation as Headmaster: Returned to CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] 1855, where he obtained a great reputation as a private Tutor: Publ.: Edited Buckham's The Theatre of Greeks, originally published in1827 The New Cratylus 1839; Varronianus 1844; Jashar; Fragmenta archetypa carminum Hebraicorum 1854 etc. m. 1840 Laetitia MORTLOCK dau. of Sir John MORTLOCK, banker, of CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] d. 1861:02:10 at his mother's house, Hyde Park, London D.N.B.; Boase, I. 893; Memorials of H. A. Morgan, 205; Al. Oxon. ) [add:]Married (1) 1840:08:15, Eleanor L??eathes, not Laetitia[:add] [add:]Married (2) 1852:01:01 at Handsworth, Staffordshire Louisa RAWLINS dau. of John RAWLINS, of Ashley House, Handsworth, [ Staffordshire ] [:add] [add:]He was brother of the New South Wales premier [ Australia ], Stuart Alexander DONALDSON, who was father of the Trinity College man, 1873[:add] [add:]Photograph: CAS:J.33[:add] [add:](P.J. Barnwell: C. Chron. of 1840:08:15 ; C.Chron. of 1856:10:25 )[:add] |