1823, and obtained the Browne medals for Greek ode and epigrams, and the members' prizes in 1815 and 1816.
[1] He was for many years master of the Perse Grammar School, Cambridge, from which he retired on a pension.
In 1850 he received a further pension of £100 per annum from the queen, on the recommendation of Bishops Edward Maltby and John Kaye.
Besides contributions to the Classical Journal, Bailey published: He is best known for his edition of 'Forcellini's Latin Dictionary,' 2 vols.
(1826), in which he translated the Italian explanations into English, incorporated the appendices of Egidio Forcellini with the main work, and added an Auctarium of his own.