DAWES, RICHARD English classical scholar, was born in or near Market Bosworth. He was elected fellow of Emmanuel college, Cambridge, in 1731. From 1738 to 174g he was master of the Newcastle grammar school. The book on which his fame rests is his Miscellanea critica (1745), which gained the commendation of such distinguished Continental scholars as L. C. Valckenaer and J. J. Reiske. The Miscellanea, which was re edited by T. Burgess (1780, G. C. Harles (I800) and T. Kidd 08'7), will remain an enduring monument of English scholarship, although some of the "canons" have been proved untenable.
See J. Hodgson, An Account of the Life and Writings of Richard Dawes (1828); H. R. Luard in Dict. of Nat. Biog.; J. E. Sandys, Hist. of Classical Scholarship, ii. 415.