Edward Lye
From BiblePortal Wikipedia
Revision as of 00:40, 6 October 2021 by BiblePortalWiki (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Edward Lye <ref name="term_48966" /> <p> an English philologist and clergyman, was born at Totnes, Devonshire, and was educated at Hertford College, Oxford; took holy ord...")
Edward Lye [1]
an English philologist and clergyman, was born at Totnes, Devonshire, and was educated at Hertford College, Oxford; took holy orders in 1719; was presented to the living of Haughton Parva, Northamptonshire; in 1750 became vicar of Yardley Hastings, and died in 1767. He acquired distinction by his researches in the Saxon language and literature. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Am. Authors, volume 2, s.v.
