Michel Maittaire

Michael Maittaire (also: Michael Maittairius; * 1668 in France, † 1747 in London ) was an English scholar, philologist and writer.

Life

Maittaire, son of Huguenot parents, was born in France. After the family moved to England, he attended the Westminster School in London. After graduating, he worked in the printing office of the Vaillant family in The Hague. In 1696 he makes his MA at Christ Church College, University of Oxford. From 1695 to 1699 he worked as a teacher and deputy headmaster at Westminster School in London. From 1699 he worked exclusively as a private scholar.

His principal works are " De Graecae Lunguae Dialectis in usum Scholae Westmonasteriensis " ( 1706) and "The English Grammar or An Essay on the Art of Grammar, Applied to and exemplified in the English tongue" ( 1712)

He is the author of three Latin tragedies, a comprehensive treatment of Virgil's " Aeneid "

  • " The Fall of Troy "
  • "Dido "
  • "The journey to the underworld ."

The handwritten original of the three tragedies, after over 250 years of classical scholars discovered the Ruhr- University Bochum in the Oxford Bodleian Library in 2006.

Writings

  • De Graecae Lunguae Dialectis in usum Scholae Westmonasteriensis, London 1706
  • Stephanorum historia, vitas ipsorum ac libros complectens, Londres 1709
  • The English Grammar or An Essay on the Art of Grammar, Applied to and exemplified in the English tongue, London 1712
  • Historia Typographorum aliquot Parisiensium Vitas et Libros complectens, London: G. Bowyer for C. Bateman, 1717
  • Annales Typographici, The Hague 1719
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