Bernard Pyne Grenfell
Bernard Pyne Grenfell (born December 16, 1869 in Birmingham , † May 18, 1926 in Eley near Perth ) was an English papyrologist .
Grenfell studied from 1888 to 1892 at the Queen's College of Oxford University . In 1894 he first traveled to Egypt to study newly found papyri, which was to be followed by numerous other stays there. In 1894 he became a Research Fellow at Queen's College, and in 1908 he was appointed professor of papyrology there , the first ever professorship in papyrology. In 1909 he suffered a nervous breakdown and his health was limited. In 1916 he was appointed Honorary Professor, in 1919 Joint Professor. In 1921 he suffered a relapse in health, after a stay in a sanatorium in St. Andrews, he spent the rest of his life in the mental hospital of Eley. In 1905 he was elected a member ( Fellow ) of the British Academy . From 1906 he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
With his friend and colleague Arthur Surridge Hunt , he took part in the archaeological dig at Oxyrhynchus and discovered many ancient manuscripts including some of the oldest known copies of the New Testament , the Septuagint and apocryphal writings. Other finds were also very extensive and contain previously unknown works by well-known classical authors. The majority of the finds consist of thousands of documenting texts such as invoices, lists, sales contracts, etc.
He was involved in the editing of the project The Oxyrhynchus Papyri , in the publication of the Amherst Papyri and other works.
Publications
- with Arthur Surridge Hun: Sayings of Our Lord from an early Greek Papyrus. Egypt Exploration Fund, London 1897.
- with Arthur Surridge Hunt: New Sayings of Jesus and fragment of a lost Gospel from Oxyrhynchus
- with Arthur Surridge Hunt, David George Hogarth : Fayûm Towns and their Papyri . London 1900.
- Grenfell was the first editor of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri and published papyrus fragments in the first 15 volumes in 1828. Detailed references in the article Oxyrhynchus Papyri
- He was editor of the Amherst Papyri and edited two volumes. References to this in the article Amherst Papyri
literature
- Harold Idris Bell : Prof. Bernard Pyne Grenfell. In: JRH Weaver (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography 1922–1930. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1937, p. 362.
- Luigi Lehnus : Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869-1926) e Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871-1934) . In: Mario Capasso (Ed.): Hermae. Scholars and Scholarship in Papyrology. Pisa 2007, pp. 115-141 (with picture).
- Bernhard Palme: Grenfell, Bernard Pyre. In: Peter Kuhlmann , Helmuth Schneider (Hrsg.): History of the ancient sciences. Biographical Lexicon (= The New Pauly . Supplements. Volume 6). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02033-8 , Sp. 495 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernard Pyne Grenfell in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Grenfell, Bernard Pyne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British papyrologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1869 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham |
DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1926 |
Place of death | Eley near Perth |