Surname: Porson Forename(s): Richard b. 25 December 1759. d. 19 September 1808. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and classical scholar. Born in East Ruston, Norfolk. Son of Huggin Porson and
Ann Palmer. Educated at Eton College as a young prodigy, and later Trinity College,
Cambridge, where he took on a fellowship. Lived in London afterwards. Worked as the
regius professor of Greek, a role which he was elected to in 1792, and near the end
of his life took up a post as principal librarian of the London Institution. Married
Mary Lunan (née Perry) on 24 November 1796, but her death the following year greatly
affected him, and he never remarried. Publications include a number of significant
translations and critical responses to classical works. Biographical information:
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