Samuel Parr

Samuel Parr (1747-1825) was a famous classical English scholar, born at Harrow. He became head-master of first Colchester and then Norwich Grammar-School and a prebend of St. Paul's. He had an extraordinary memory and was a great talker. He was a good Latinist, but nothing he has left justifies the high repute in which he was held by his contemporaries.

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