LOWTH, ROBERT, a distinguished English prelate, born in Hants; was professor of Poetry in Oxford, and bishop in succession of St. Davids, Oxford, and London; wrote "Prelectiones" on the poetry of the Hebrews, a celebrated work, and executed a translation of Isaiah (1710-1787).

Lowth is another bishop who has risen by his learning.'

Johnson answered, "Warburton has most general, most scholastic learning; Lowth is the more correct scholar.