had met with this book in the course of a tour in Germany, undertaken in 1813, as soon as the events of that year had opened the continent to English travellers. Another fruit of this tour was a paper in the Museum Criticum on "The State of Classical Literature in Germany," a subject which had then become almost unknown in England. Besides a few other papers contributed to the ' Museum ' Blomfield had projected a Greek-English lexicon to take the place of the old Greek-Latin Lexicons of Scapula and Hedericus, which gave needless difficulty to students and were neither full nor accurate. He published a specimen of his Lexicon, which was well received, and his plans seem to have been rational and promising. References Sources James Henry Monk, "Memoir of Edward Valentine Blomfield," in Museum Criticum, No. vii. 1788 births 1816 deaths Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Blomfield family Classical scholars of the University of Cambridge English classical scholars Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge People educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds Greek–English translators Writers from Bury St Edmunds 19th-century translators 18th-century translators