Oswald Cockayne


Thomas Oswald Cockayne was a churchman and philologist, best known today for his monumental edition of Old English medical texts.

Life

Cockayne took a degree at St. John's College, Cambridge, graduating in mathematics in 1828 as tenth wrangler. He later took holy orders, alongside working for many years an assistant-master in King's College [School, London]. He was a member of the Philological and the Early English Text Societies.

Works

Cockayne's principal works were:' A Greek Syntax Outlines of the History of France Outlines of the History of Ireland
  • ' Leechdoms Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England Being a Collection of Documents, for the Most Part Never Before Printed Illustrating the History of Science in this Country Before the Norman Conquest, Rerum Britannicarum Medii Ævi Scriptores, 35, 3 vols : , , .
  • ''The Shrine, a collection of papers on dry subjects''