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This blue commemorative plaque records: Richard Bentley FRS DD born in 4/5 Bentley Square; educated at Wakefield Grammar School and Cambridge; Keeper of The King's Library at St James and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. His brilliant translation and reappraisal of classical texts made him one of England's greatest and most controversial scholars. 1662-1742 Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.
Richard Bentley FRS was a renowned English scholar known for his critical editions and translations of classical texts, significantly influencing the fields of classics and textual criticism during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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