James Eyre (philologist)

James Eyre (1748–1813), was an English philologist.

Eyre was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and Caius College, Cambridge.^[1] He became head-master of Solihull Grammar School for thirty years until his death, and rector of Winterbourne Stoke (1801–13) and Nettleton (1802-13) in Wiltshire. He annotated Samuel Johnson's English Dictionary (in manuscript), and his notes were incorporated by Henry John Todd in his edition of Johnson's Dictionary.

He died in 1813.

References

1. "Eyre, the Rev. James (ER802J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. The DNB gives his college as Catharine Hall, Cambridge.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Eyre, James (1748-1813)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.