Nicholas Carr (Graecist)

Nicholas Carr (* 1524 in Newcastle upon Tyne , † November 3, 1568 in Cambridge ) was an English Graecist and doctor.

Born in the English city of Newcastle, he was sent to Christ's College at Cambridge University at a young age . Here he later moved to Pembroke Hall , where Nicholas Ridley was his tutor .

When Trinity College was founded in 1546, he was made an early fellow and was appointed Regius Professor of Greek the following year . He gained a reputation as a scholar through his lectures on Demosthenes , Plato , Sophocles and other writers. After he had first written an eulogy for Martin Bucer and sent it to John Cheke , he turned in 1558 with an affidavit against the heresy and the teachings of Bucer and Paul Fagius . In the same year he obtained a doctorate in medicine and began to practice medicine in Cambridge for financial reasons, while at the same time lecturing on Greek literature for four more years. Carr died on November 3, 1568 in the same house where Bucer had lived in Cambridge.

His most famous work is De Scriptorum Britannicorum Paucitate et Studiorum Impedimentis Oratio , printed in 1576.

Web links

• Nicholas Carr, De Scriptorum Britannicorum Paucitate et Studiorum Impedimentis Oratio Latin text with English translation
• Article on Nicholas Carr in the Dictionary of National Biography

predecessor	Office	successor
John Cheke	Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University 1547–1549	Francisco de Enzinas