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Born of poor parents at [[Longnor, Shropshire|Longnor]], a Shropshire village 8 miles from [[Shrewsbury]], Samuel Lee received a charity school education and at age twelve became a carpenter's apprentice in Shrewsbury. He was fond of reading and acquired knowledge of a number of languages. An early marriage caused him to reduce the time devoted to his studies, but the accidental loss of his tools caused him to become a school teacher, giving private lessons in Persian and Hindustani. His remarkable linguistic abilities eventually brought him to the notice of the [[Church Missionary Society]], which paid for his education at Cambridge University. In 1819 he became professor of Arabic at Cambridge. At the 15th November 1819 foundational meeting of the [[Cambridge Philosophical Society]], the Society committee elected [[William Farish (professor)|William Farish]] as president with [[Adam Sedgwick|Sedgwick]] and Lee as secretaries. In 1823 he became chaplain of Cambridge gaol, in 1825 rector of Bilton-with-Harrogate, Yorkshire, and in 1831 [[Regius Professor of Hebrew]], a position he held until 1848. In 1831 he also became vicar of [[Banwell]], [[Somerset]] and remained vicar there until he resigned in June 1838 to become rector of [[Barley, Hertfordshire]], where he died 16th December 1852. He was married twice. |
Born of poor parents at [[Longnor, Shropshire|Longnor]], a Shropshire village 8 miles from [[Shrewsbury]], Samuel Lee received a charity school education and at age twelve became a carpenter's apprentice in Shrewsbury. He was fond of reading and acquired knowledge of a number of languages, he also learn't how to sow at an early age. An early marriage caused him to reduce the time devoted to his studies, but the accidental loss of his tools caused him to become a school teacher, giving private lessons in Persian and Hindustani. His remarkable linguistic abilities eventually brought him to the notice of the [[Church Missionary Society]], which paid for his education at Cambridge University. In 1819 he became professor of Arabic at Cambridge. At the 15th November 1819 foundational meeting of the [[Cambridge Philosophical Society]], the Society committee elected [[William Farish (professor)|William Farish]] as president with [[Adam Sedgwick|Sedgwick]] and Lee as secretaries. In 1823 he became chaplain of Cambridge gaol, in 1825 rector of Bilton-with-Harrogate, Yorkshire, and in 1831 [[Regius Professor of Hebrew]], a position he held until 1848. In 1831 he also became vicar of [[Banwell]], [[Somerset]] and remained vicar there until he resigned in June 1838 to become rector of [[Barley, Hertfordshire]], where he died 16th December 1852. He was married twice. |
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Revision as of 18:57, 12 June 2012
Samuel Lee (1783 – 1852) was an English Orientalist, born in Shropshire; professor at Cambridge, first of Arabic and then of Hebrew language; was the author of a Hebrew grammar and lexicon, and a translation of the Book of Job. Building on the work of missionary Thomas Kendall and New Zealand chief Hongi Hika he helped create the first dictionary of te Reo, the Māori language.
Biography
Born of poor parents at Longnor, a Shropshire village 8 miles from Shrewsbury, Samuel Lee received a charity school education and at age twelve became a carpenter's apprentice in Shrewsbury. He was fond of reading and acquired knowledge of a number of languages, he also learn't how to sow at an early age. An early marriage caused him to reduce the time devoted to his studies, but the accidental loss of his tools caused him to become a school teacher, giving private lessons in Persian and Hindustani. His remarkable linguistic abilities eventually brought him to the notice of the Church Missionary Society, which paid for his education at Cambridge University. In 1819 he became professor of Arabic at Cambridge. At the 15th November 1819 foundational meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, the Society committee elected William Farish as president with Sedgwick and Lee as secretaries. In 1823 he became chaplain of Cambridge gaol, in 1825 rector of Bilton-with-Harrogate, Yorkshire, and in 1831 Regius Professor of Hebrew, a position he held until 1848. In 1831 he also became vicar of Banwell, Somerset and remained vicar there until he resigned in June 1838 to become rector of Barley, Hertfordshire, where he died 16th December 1852. He was married twice.
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- Anna Mary Lee, A scholar of a past generation: A brief memoir of Samuel Lee. London (1896)
- Liturgiæ Ecclesiae Anglicanae partes præcipuæ: sc. preces matutinæ et vespertinæ, ordo administrandi cænam Domini, et ordo baptismi publici; in Linguam Persicam traductæ, Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Persian translated by Samuel Lee (1828), digitized by Richard Mammana
- "LEE, SAMUEL". Dictionary of national biography,. 11: pages 819–820. 1909.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
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