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    • Robert Gregg Bury was an Irish Anglican clergyman, classicist, philologist, and a translator of the works of Plato and Sextus Empiricus into English. See more

    Early life and education

    Born in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland, Bury was the son of Edward John Bury, the canon of Clogher
    He … See more

    Born22 March 1869 · Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland
    Died11 February 1951 (aged 81) · Cambridge, England
    OccupationClassicist, clergyman
    Notable worksThe Philebus of Plato · The Symposium of Plato · The Fourth Gospel and the Logos-Doctrine
    Academic career

    In 1893–94 he was Bishop Berkeley Fellow in Ancient Philosophy at Owens College in Manchester and in 1895 he was appointed lecturer in Greek and Latin Literature at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, United States. … See more

    Career as clergyman

    In 1895 Bury decided to become an Anglican clergyman. He was ordinated as a deacon in that year and as a priest in 1897. From this time onwards "il va consacrer sa vie d'une part au ministère des âmes, d'autre par… See more

    Legacy

    During the earlier part of his life Bury made a name for himself by creating authoritative new editions (with introductions, critical commentaries and notes) for the Cambridge University Press of Plato's Socratic dialogues … See more

     
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