Basil Kennett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Basil Kennett

English churchman and academic, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and antiquarian

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1674

Place of Birth: Postling, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1715

Profession: theologian, classical scholar, philologist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Basil Kennett (21 October 1674 – 3 January 1715) was a Church of England cleric who served as the first chaplain to the British Factory at Leghorn.
An academic, writer and translator, Kennett was elected president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, serving for a short time before his early death.
His 1696 Romæ Antiquæ Notitia, or the Antiquities of Rome was considered the subject's standard handbook for a century.