Robert Ellis (scholar)


Robert Ellis was an English classical scholar.

Life

The son of John Ellis of Peckham, Ellis was admitted a member of St. John's College, Cambridge, 9 April 1836, elected a scholar 5 November 1839, and graduated B.A. as fifth wrangler in 1840, obtaining a fellowship 20 March 1841. He took his M.A. degree in 1843, and was ordained two years later. In 1850 he commenced B.D. He vacated his fellowship by his marriage, 2 April 1872, at Meole Brace, near Shrewsbury, to Jane, daughter of Francis France of Nobold, Shropshire. He died, 20 December 1885, at 3 Higher Summerlands, Exeter, aged 65. He is chiefly known by his sharp controversy with William John Law, which ranged from 1854 to 1885, on the route followed by Hannibal in his passage of the Alps. Ellis had investigated the subject during excursions in the Alps in July 1852 and in April and May 1853.

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