1666
William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (died 1727)
William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (died 1727)
William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (died 1727)
William Wotton
English theologian, classical scholar and linguist (1666–1727)
- Born
- 1666
William Wotton was an English theologian, classical scholar and linguist. He is chiefly remembered for his remarkable abilities in learning languages and for his involvement in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. In Wales he is remembered as the collector and first translator of the ancient Welsh laws.