Joshua Barnes
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Joshua Barnes FRS (10 January 1654 ā 3 August 1712), was an English scholar. His work Gerania; a New Discovery of a Little Sort of People, anciently discoursed of, called Pygmies (1675) was an Utopian romance.[1]
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Joshua Barnes | |
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Born | 10 January 1654 |
Died | 3 August 1712 (aged 58) |
Occupation | Classical scholar, antiquarian |
Position held | Regius Professor of Greek (1675ā1712) |
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