Abraham John Valpy
Abraham John Valpy (1786 – 19 November 1854) was an English printer and publisher.
Life and career
He was the son of the Reading schoolmaster Richard Valpy and was born in that town.
He is remembered in connection with two great undertakings in the department of classical literature. These were reissues of (1) Stephanus' Greek Thesaurus, for which E. H. Barker was chiefly responsible; and (2) Valpy's Delphin Classics,[1] a book series of 143 volumes with text drawn from the 18th century French Delphin Classics (Ad usum Delphini) series and with variorum notes, under the editorial superintendence of George Dyer. He also founded the Classical Journal in 1810.[2]
In the years 1813–1828 he published The Pamphleteer, a book series described as being "a collection of the best pamphlets of the day" and which included contributions from William Wilberforce, Jeremy Bentham, George Canning, William Huskisson and Stamford Raffles.[3]
He also published the Family Classical Library: English Translations of Greek and Latin Classics (52 volumes, 1830–1834) and an edition of the plays and poems of Shakespeare (15 Volumes, 1832–1834).
Notes
- ^ Delphin Classics (A. J. Valpy) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2023.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Valpy, Richard, s.v.". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 866. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ "Valpy, Abraham John", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition), article revision of 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
References
- William Prideaux Courtney, Valpy, Abraham John (DNB00), Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885–1900, Volume 58; revised edition of entry published as: Courtney, W. P.; Jenkyns, Richard. "Valpy, Abraham John (bap. 1786, d. 1854)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28054. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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- Valpy, Abraham John, (1787-1854), Editor and Printer listing of archives at University of Reading and British Library
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- 1786 births
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