He was educated at Winchester College and became a scholar of New College, Oxford in 1729.
Lowth obtained his BA in 1733 and his Master of Arts degree in 1737.
In 1735, while still at Oxford, Lowth took orders in the Anglican Church and was appointed vicar of Ovington, Hampshire, a position he retained until 1741, when he was appointed Oxford Professor of Poetry. Bishop Lowth made a translation of the Book of Isaiah, first published in 1778.
Lowth obtained his BA in 1733 and his Master of Arts degree in 1737.
In 1735, while still at Oxford, Lowth took orders in the Anglican Church and was appointed vicar of Ovington, Hampshire, a position he retained until 1741, when he was appointed Oxford Professor of Poetry. Bishop Lowth made a translation of the Book of Isaiah, first published in 1778.
Waggoner said in 1899 that Lowth's translation of Isaiah was "without doubt, as a whole, the best English translation of the prophecy of Isaiah". In 1750 he was appointed Archdeacon of Winchester.
In 1752 he resigned the professorship at Oxford and married Mary Jackson.
Shortly afterwards, in 1753, Lowth was appointed rector of East Woodhay.
In 1754 he was awarded a Doctorate in Divinity by Oxford University, for his treatise on Hebrew poetry entitled Praelectiones Academicae de Sacra Poesi Hebraeorum (On the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews).
This idea has been influential in Old Testament Studies to the present day. ==Work on English grammar== Lowth is also remembered for his publication in 1762 of A Short Introduction to English Grammar.
This is because the editor of that edition chose to revert to citing many of the scriptural passages that Lowth uses as examples, and some of the annotations by Michaelis) and others, in Latin. Lowth was appointed a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Göttingen in 1765.
He was consecrated bishop of St David's in Wales in 1766; however, before the end of the year he was translated to the English see of Oxford.
He remained Bishop of Oxford until 1777 when he was appointed Bishop of London as well as dean of the chapel royal and privy councillor.
In 1735, while still at Oxford, Lowth took orders in the Anglican Church and was appointed vicar of Ovington, Hampshire, a position he retained until 1741, when he was appointed Oxford Professor of Poetry. Bishop Lowth made a translation of the Book of Isaiah, first published in 1778.
In 1783 he was offered the chance to become Archbishop of Canterbury, but declined due to failing health. Lowth was good friends with the Scottish Enlightenment figure David Hume, as noted by the prominent Scottish bookseller Andrew Millar.
Robert Lowth (; 27 November 1710 – 3 November 1787) was a Bishop of the Church of England, Oxford Professor of Poetry and the author of one of the most influential textbooks of English grammar. ==Life== Lowth was born in Hampshire, England, Great Britain, the son of Dr William Lowth, a clergyman and Biblical commentator.
An English translation was published by George Gregory in 1787 as "Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews".
Much admired in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it was set to music by the English composer John Wall Callcott. Lowth died in 1787, and was buried in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Fulham. ==Old Testament scholarship== Lowth seems to have been the first modern Bible scholar to notice or draw attention to the poetic structure of the Psalms and much of the prophetic literature of the Old Testament.
There was a further edition issued in 1815.
This was republished in North America in 1829 with some additional notes.
However, apart from those notes, the 1829 edition is less useful to a modern reader.
Waggoner said in 1899 that Lowth's translation of Isaiah was "without doubt, as a whole, the best English translation of the prophecy of Isaiah". In 1750 he was appointed Archdeacon of Winchester.
Amsterdam: Stichting Neerlandistiek VU, Amsterdam & Münster: Nodus Publikationen 2008, 125–134. Tieken-Boon van Ostade, I.
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