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Munro, Hugh Andrew Johnstone. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Jan. 18, 1838. [Natural s. of Hugh Andrew Johnstone (Christ Church, Oxford, 1814), of Novar, Ross-shire, and Penelope Forbes. B. Oct. 19, 1819, at Elgin. School, Shrewsbury.] Matric. Michs. 1838; Scholar, 1840; Craven Scholar, 1841; Chancellor's medal, 1842; B.A. (2nd Classic) 1842; M.A. 1845; Litt.D. 1884. Fellow, 1843-85; Assistant Tutor, 1846-55; Tutor, 1855-7; Junior Bursar, 1862-6. Senior Proctor, 1863-4. President of the Philological Society, 1882. Adm. ad eundem, at Oxford, 1860; Hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 1873; Hon. LL.D., Edinburgh, 1872; Hon. LL.D., Dublin, 1882. In Holy Orders. First Kennedy Professor of Latin, 1869-72; resigned. Collated and published Vatican and Laurentian manuscripts of Lucretius; published the text of Aetna, 1867; of Horace, 1868; also Criticisms and Elucidations [p.498] of Catullus. 'His character, like his intellect, was strong. Generally reserved, and sometimes absent-minded, he united dignity and courteousness of manners with a very marked simplicity, and a strongly expressed antipathy for anything which he considered false or mean.' Died Mar. 30, 1885, in Rome; buried in the Protestant cemetery there. Memorial brass in Trinity Chapel. (D.N.B.) | Hugh Andrew Johnstone MUNRO Approx. lifespan: 18191885 pens. Trinity College adm1838:01:18 Natural s. of Hugh Andre MUNRO w Johnstone [( Christ Church [Oxford] (1814)), of Novar, Ross and Cromarty , and Penelope Forbes. b. Elgin, [ Morayshire ] 1819:10:19 Sch: Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury, [ Shropshire ] Matric 1838:10MT: Scholar 1840 Craven Scholar 1841 Chancellor's Medal 1842 BA 2 nd Classic 1842 MA 1845 LittD 1884 Fellow 1843-85 Assistant Tutor: 1846-55 Tutor: 1855-7 Junior Bursar: 1862-6 Senior Proctor: 1863-4 President of: : Philological Society 1882 Adm. ad eundem OX 1860 Hon. DCL ((pl) )) OX 1873 Hon.LLD Edinburgh, [ Scotland ] 1872 Hon.LLD Dublin, [ Ireland ] 1882 In Holy Orders. First Kennedy Professor of: Latin 1869-72 resigned. Collated and published Vatican and Laurentian manuscripts of Lucretius; published the text of Aetna 1867; of Horace 1868 also Criticisms and Elucidations of Catullus "His character, like his intellect, was strong. Generally reserved, and sometimes absent-minded, he united dignity and courteousness of manners with a very marked simplicity, and a strongly expressed antipathy for anything which he considered false or mean." d. 1885:03:30,in Rome, [ Italy ] ; buried in the Protestant cemetery there. Memorial brass in Trinity Chapel. ( D.N.B. ) [add:]Photograph: CAS: G.204; bust by H. Wiles in Fitzwilliam Museum; another, by T. Woolner, 1886, at Trinity College [:add] [add:]Goodison: CP : 197[:add] |