Dyer George

Dyer, George (1755-1841), scholar and antiquary, was born in London, and educated at Christ's Hospital and at Emanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1778. He occupied himself for a time as a tutor, and settled in London in 1792. In 1814 he published a History of the University and Colleycs of Cambridge, and in 1824 a work on The Privileges of the University of Cambridge. He also did much of the work for Valpy's Classics, and wrote in magazines. He was a friend of Charles Lamb, who makes mention of him.