Sir Richard Jebb

Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb OM MP FBA FRSE


Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Cambridge University
In office 1891–1906 Serving with George Stokes to 1892 John Eldon Gorst from 1892
Preceded by	Henry Cecil Raikes George Stokes
Succeeded by	Samuel Henry Butcher John Frederick Peel Rawlinson

Personal details
Born	(1841-08-27)27 August 1841 Dundee, Scotland
Died	9 December 1905(1905-12-09) (aged 64) Springfield House, Cambridge, England
Resting place	St Giles Cemetery, Cambridge, England
Political party	Conservative
Relatives	Eglantyne Louisa Jebb (sister)

Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb OM MP FBA FRSE (27 August 1841 – 9 December 1905) was a British classical scholar.

He was born in Dundee, Scotland. His father was Robert Jebb, a well-known Irish barrister, and his mother was Harriet Horsley. His grandfather Richard Jebb was a judge of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland). 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, Dublin 1853–55 then Charterhouse School 1855–1858. He then studied Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a Member of the Cambridge Apostles, the intellectual secret society, from 1859. 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.