Obituaries
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From the New York Times: Lionel Casson, who melded his mastery of classical literature with the findings of underwater archaeology in scholarly but accessible books about the history of ancient seafaring, from the primitive dory to the vast armadas of the Roman Empire, died July 18 in Manhattan. He was 94. The cause was pneumonia,…
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From the Detroit Free Press: Thousands of Latin students around the country learned the language from the voice of someone they never met: former educator Edith Kovach. Her enthusiasm and dedication in her Latin and Greek teachings endeared her in the hearts and minds of students and faculty alike. A onetime chairwoman of the University…
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From Wicked Local Newton: Former students remember Bob Mitchell as much for his stories and mystery that surrounded him as for the language they learned from him. “He was one of the most brilliant people I have ever met, and also by far the most enigmatic,” said Arielle Weisman, who graduated from North in 2003…
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From the Otago Daily Times: Dr Douglas Little, an influential classics teacher who retired from the University of Otago classics department as an associate professor in 1987, has died in Dunedin after a long illness. He was in his mid-70s. Dr Little, who at one stage was the department’s only New Zealand-born staff member, had…
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From the News-Gazette: Friends and colleagues remembered Richard Thomas Scanlan as an enthusiastic and outstanding teacher who brought the world of Latin and classical mythology to life for a generation of University of Illinois students. Mr. Scanlan, 81, of Champaign, died at 1:14 a.m. Sunday at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Funeral arrangements were incomplete…
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