John Boys (classicist)

John Boys (1621–1661), of Hoad Court, Blean, was a lawyer (Inner Temple, 1640) and royalist supporter. His father was also called John Boys; his mother, Mary, was the daughter of Martin Fotherby, bishop of Salisbury, who was previously a Canon of Canterbury Cathedral (1596, Stall XI). His wife, Ann (d. 1712), was the daughter of Dr William Kingsley, archdeacon of Canterbury. He published translations from Vergil's Aeneid and political pieces.^[1]

Boys was a friend of William Somner.

Shelfmark W2/A-7-5

John Florio. Worlde of wordes, or ... dictionarie in Italian and English, collected by Iohn Florio. 1598.

Inscription on title page: John Boys.

Inscription on verso of front free endpaper: Guilielmi Somneri, ex dono V. Cl. Johannis Boys de Hoth Court in suburbijs Cantuar. Armigeri, Junij 21° Anno Dni. 1652.

References

↑ E. M. Knottenbelt, ‘Boys, John (bap. 1621, d. 1661)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 23 June 2013

[1] E. M. Knottenbelt, ‘Boys, John (bap. 1621, d. 1661)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 23 June 2013

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John Boys (classicist)

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