Richard Claverhouse Jebb

Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb OM MP FBA FRSE (27 August 1841 – 9 December 1905) was a British classical scholar and politician. He was a Member of the Cambridge Apostles, the intellectual secret society, from 1859.

He was born in Dundee, Scotland. His father was Robert Jebb, a well-known Irish barrister, and his mother was Harriet Horsley. His grandfather was a judge. His sister was the social reformer Eglantyne Louisa Jebb, founder of the Home Arts and Industries Association; his niece, Eglantyne's daughter Eglantyne Jebb, co-founded the Save the Children Fund and wrote the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.

He was educated at St columba's College in Rathfarnham 1853-55 then Charterhouse School 1855-1858. He then studied Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He won the Porson and Craven scholarships, was senior classic in 1862, and became fellow and tutor of his college in 1863. From 1869 to 1875, he was public orator of Cambridge University; Professor of Greek at Glasgow from 1875 to 1889, and Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge from 1889 until his death. His successor was Henry Jackson. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1902.

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