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Biography of Benjamin Jowett
Name: Benjamin Jowett
Birth Date: April 15, 1817
Death Date: October 1, 1893
Place of Birth: London, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: scholar, educator, clergyman
Benjamin Jowett
The English educator and Greek scholar Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) is famous for his translation of the dialogues of Plato and for his academic reforms at Oxford.Benjamin Jowett was born on April 15, 1817, at Camberwell, London. He was educated at St. Paul's School and Balliol College. In 1838, while still an undergraduate, he achieved the unusual distinction of being elected a fellow of Balliol. He received his bachelor's degree in 1839 and his master's in 1842, and in the same year he was ordained a deacon in the Anglican Church and appointed to a tutorship in the college. In 1845 he became a priest.In his summers Jowett traveled on the Continent, making the acquaintance of leading German scholars. At that time he was fascinated with the philosophy of Hegel. He was especially attracted by Hegel's published lectures on the history of philosophy. By 1848 Jowett had also become a student of Plato and was lecturing on …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Jowett's view of Plato's thought, which is one of the leading interpretations, was that no unified or comprehensive systematic philosophy exists in Plato, that his view changes in different dialogues, and that in some no definite conclusion is ever reached. It was therefore better to treat each dialogue separately.Jowett died on Oct. 1, 1893. Through his own work and through his pupils he exerted a lasting influence on scholarship. He was largely responsible for the influential movement known as Oxford idealism (English Hegelianism). Further Reading Primary sources on Jowett are his Letters (1899) and selections of his letters in Evelyn Abbott and Lewis Campbell, Jowett's Life and Letters (2 vols., 1897). Studies of Jowett include L. A. Tollemache, Benjamin Jowett: Master of Balliol College (1895); Leslie Stephen, Studies of a Biographer (1898); and Geoffrey Cust Faber, Jowett: A Portrait with a Background (1957). For relevant background see Wilfrid P. Ward, W. G. Ward and the Oxford Movement (1889).
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