Benjamin Kennicott

Benjamin Kennicott (1718-1783) was an English Hebraist, born at Totnes, Devonshire, educated at Oxford. He became Fellow of Exeter, Radcliffe librarian, and in 1770 canon of Christ Church. From 1753, he organised and took part in an extensive collation of Hebrew texts, issuing in 1776-80 the "Hebrew Old Testament, with Various Readings".

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