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Richard Laurence (1760-1838) was a British scholar.
Biography
Hebraist, Anglican Churchman. Was made Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1814, and Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland, in 1822. Revived the study of Ethiopic in England and published the editio princeps of several Jewish Pseudepigrapha, with Latin and English translations.
Works
Books
- Ascensio Isaiae (Oxford 1819)
- Primi Esdrae libri (Oxford 1820)
- The Book of Enoch (Oxford 1821)
- Libri Enochi prophetae versio aethiopica (Oxford 1838)