BLOMFIELD

blomfield, edward valentine (1788-1816), english classical scholar, brother of bishop c.j. blomfield, was born at bury st edmunds on the 14th of february 1788. going to caius college, cambridge, he was thirteenth wrangler in 1811, obtained several of the classical prizes of the university, and became a fellow and lecturer at emmanuel college. in 1813 he travelled in germany and made the acquaintance of some of the great scholars of germany. on his return, he published in the _museum criticum_ (no. ii.) an interesting paper on "the present state of classical literature in germany." blomfield is chiefly known by his translation of matthiae's _greek grammar_ (1819), which was prepared for the press by his brother. he died on the 9th of october 1816, his early death depriving cambridge of one who seemed destined to take a high place amongst her most brilliant classical scholars. see "memoir of edward valentine blomfield," by bishop monk, in _museum criticum_, no. vii.