WHOO BLOGGER WORKS AGAIN, TIME TO BLOG, Also was Plutarch a gentleman of history!

Have begun the process of the essay writing, however a small problem has come up... In the Essay because a great part of it is the differing opinions of Plutarch and Parenti I need more then just the wikipedia page information about Plutarch and his life, and its impossible to search for this information because googling "the life of Plutarch" brings you the search results of his books "Plutarchs lives". I have found a source of Information which I think is good enough but am unsure. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plutarch/ somebody help?

A portion of my Essay is whether Parenti's theory of Gentlemen Historians has grounds to be a viable reason for the past views on the Assassination of Caesar. Here I did a little bit of work answering this.

Plutarch was born in Chaeronea, a city of Boeotia in central Greece around 45–47 CE. This date is inferred from Plutarch's own testimony, according to which he began studying at Athens with a Platonist philosopher named Ammonius, when Nero was in Greece. Plutarch must have stayed in Athens not only during his studies with Ammonius but considerably longer, so as to become an Athenian citizen. He also visited Rome and Alexandria. However, Plutarch spent most of his life in his native city and in nearby Delphi. There must have been two reasons for this; Plutarch's strong ties with his family, which apparently was wealthy enough to support his studies and travels, and his own interest in the religious activity of Delphi. The latter is testified by the fact that Plutarch served in various positions in Delphi, including that of the priest of Apollo, and also in his several works concerning Delphi and the local sacred rituals. These demonstrate intimate knowledge of the place, its traditions, and activities. Plutarch must have died after 119 CE, the date at which he was appointed procurator of Achaea by Hadrian. - George Karamanolis, "Plutarch", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy


This paragraph using information from the link above supports Parenti's theory, for one he's a high priest of Delphi, which means he had to have been from a distinguished family. Also he studied in Athens under Ammonius, you'd need some serious money for this. A final point is that he travelled extensively and achieved Roman citizenship and Athenian citizenship. Plutarch to an extent fits the general mould of what Parenti describes as a "Gentlemen Historian".