LANGBAINE, GERARD, D. D. a learned English writer, was born in 1608. He was educated at Queen's college, Oxford; and became keeper of the archives of that university, and provost of his college. He was highly esteemed by Archbishop Usher, Selden, and other learned men; he died in 1657. He published, 1. An edition of Longinus, in Greek and Latin, with notes; and other works.