Donaldson

Donaldson, John William, D.D. (1811-1861), an English scholar, was the son of a London merchant. Articled in early life to a solicitor, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1831, graduating in 1834 as 2nd classic and senior optime. He became Fellow and Tutor of his College, and from 1841-55 he was headmaster of Bury St. Edmund's grammar school. He returned to Cambridge, where he gave tuition till his death. His chief works are New Cratylus (1839), Varronianus (1844), The Theatre of the Greelts, and his Greek and Latin grammars. He attempted a work of theological criticism, The Booh of Jasher, which brought him into some odium.