Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Barker, Edmund Henry, philologist, born in 1788, at Hollym, in Yorkshire. He published editions of several classical works and edited a new issue of Stephen's Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. Other works of his were Classical Recreations, Reminiscences of Professor Porson, and Parriana. He died in 1839.