Name Abraham Valpy | ||
Died 1854, London, United Kingdom | ||
Abraham John Valpy (1787 – 19 November 1854) was an English printer and publisher.
Life
He was the son of the Reading schoolmaster Richard Valpy. He is remembered in connection with two great undertakings in the department of classical literature. These were reissues of (1) Stephanus' Greek Thesaurus, for which E. H. Barker was chiefly responsible; and (2) the Delphin Classics in 143 volumes with variorum notes, under the editorial superintendence of George Dyer. He also founded the Classical Journal in 1810.
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