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Benjamin Kennicott Collection
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Benjamin Kennicott was born at Totnes in Devon, England, and became a biblical scholar who specialized in the collation, translation, and publication of Hebrew texts. He held positions as Vicar of Culham (1753-1783) and Radcliffe librarian at Oxford (1767-1783).
Consists of selected manuscripts by or related to Kennicott. Included are three original, undated manuscripts--two sermons and a poem entitled "A Poem on Christmas Day"--and a commonplace book kept by John Cooke (b. 1742), also of Totnes (lass of 1760, Christ Church, Oxford), which contains copies of eleven poems by Kennicott, most of which are unpublished. Some of the poems concern people or events in Totnes, and one is a humorous parody of Hamlet's soliloquy "To be or not to be."
Purchased from Julian Browning in 1998.
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This collection was processed in 2000. Finding aid written in 2000.
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- Manuscripts Division
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- 2000
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Inscribed by, and with bookplate of John Cooke, born 1742 in Totnes, Devon, class of 1760, Christ Church, Oxford, B.A. 1764, M.A. 1767. Also bears the signature of Edward Windeatt of Totnes who supplied information for the Kennicott Dictionary of National Biography entry. Contains copies of eleven poems by Benjamin Kennicott, 82 pp.;
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(Written in the year 1743 by Benj. Kennicott, afterward Dr. Kennicott)
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(An Ode in Memory of Miss Betsy Payne of Totnes, Devon)
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(A Poem on Bidwell, a Bower near Totnes)
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(A Parody on "To be or not to be" in Hamlet)
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