Biography of vincent bourne

Vincent Bourne, familiarly known as Vinny Bourne, was an English classical scholar and Neo-Latin poet.

Vincent Bourne was the son of Andrew Bourne of Westminster.

His father's name was Andrew; Vincent was born in 1695.

BOURNE, VINCENT (1695-1747), English classical scholar, familiarly known as “Vinny” Bourne, was born at Westminster in 1695.

BOURNE, VINCENT (1695–1747), Latin poet, son of Andrew Bourne, was born in 1695, and admitted on the foundation of Westminster School in.

His father's name was Andrew; Vincent was born in 1695.!

Vincent Bourne

British classical scholar

Vincent Bourne, familiarly known as Vinny Bourne ( – 2 December ), was an English classical scholar and Neo-Latin poet.

Life

Even near contemporaries could find little biographical information about Vincent Bourne. His father's name was Andrew; Vincent was born in In he was admitted to Westminster School and was elected to a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, on 27 May , proceeding to B.A.

in and becoming a fellow of his college in ^[1] In , the year he commenced his M.A., he edited a collection of Carmina Comitialia which contains, among the Miscellanea at the end, some verses of his own, including his tripos poem on Androcles.^[2]

On leaving Cambridge he became a master at Westminster School, and continued to hold this appointment until his death.

He was a man of peaceful temperament, content to pass his life in indolent repose. As a teacher he wanted energy, and he was a very lax disciplinarian.