John Conington
John Conington was an English classical scholar. In 1866 he published his best-known work, the translation of the Aeneid of Virgil into the octosyllabic metre of Walter Scott. He was Corpus Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford from 1854 until his death.
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- University College, OxfordMagdalen CollegeRugby SchoolBeverley Grammar School
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1825
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