KENNEDY, BENJAMIN HALL English scholar, was born at Summer Hill, near Birmingham, Nov. 6, He was elected fellow and classical lecturer of St. John's college, Cambridge, in 1828. From 1836-66 he was headmaster of Shrews bury. In 1867 he was elected regius professor of Greek at Cam bridge and canon of Ely. From 187o-8o he was a member of the committee for the revision of the New Testament. He died near Torquay April 6, 1889. A Latin professorship at Cambridge was founded in memory of him.
His chief works, besides his Latin Primer and Public School Latin Grammar, are: Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus (1885), Aristophanes, Birds (1874) ; Aeschylus, Agamemnon (1882), with introduction, metrical translation and notes; a commentary on Virgil 0880 ; and a translation of Plato, Theaetetus (1881). He contributed largely to the collection known as Sabrinae Corolla, and published a collection of verse in Greek, Latin and English under the title Between Whiles (1882).
His brother, CHARLES RANN KENNEDY (1808-1867) became a barrister. From 1849-56 he was professor of law at Queen's col lege, Birmingham. In the celebrated will case Swinfen v. Swinfen (1856) he brought an action for remuneration for professional services, but the verdict given in his favour was set aside by the court of Common Pleas. He died in Birmingham Dec. 17, 1867.
His works include a translation of the orations of Demosthenes (1852-63, in Bohn's Classical Library), and a blank verse translation of Virgil (1861), besides New Rules for Pleading (1841) and A Treatise on Annuities (1846).
Another brother, REV. WILLIAM JAMES KENNEDY was a prominent educationalist, and the father of Lord Justice Sir William Rann Kennedy (b. 1846), himself a distinguished Cam bridge scholar.