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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: 1819–1885
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]

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