Obituaries
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Seen on various lists (by John Hilton) … we await a more formal obituary: The Classics discipline at UKZN (Howard College) regrets to announce the death of an eminent colleague. Dr. Steven Jackson (8/12/1946-26/5/2012) was lecturer and later senior lecturer at the University of Natal from 1989 to 2000. He obtained his M.A. at Queen’s…
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From the New York Times: HELD–Dirk tom Dieck, Of Westerly RI, was the Elizabeth S. Kruidenier ’48 Professor of Classics at Connecticut College in New London, CT. He took his A.B. and Ph.D in Classics at Brown University. In 1971, he joined the faculty of Connecticut College, where he served until his death from a…
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From the Globe and Mail: Slide a garland across his crown, fluff up his hair a bit and stare boldly into his bold blue eyes. You’d swear Ross Kilpatrick was a Roman lyric poet circa 30 BC, but then there was the 21st-century smile and maybe a coffee in his hand. As a classics scholar…
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From the Sydney Morning Herald (tip o’ the pileus to Tim Parkin): Colonel Alan Treloar was one of Australia’s greatest linguists and classical scholars and also a distinguished soldier. Few could rival his knowledge as a scholar of ancient Greek and Latin. He had a special interest in the Roman poet Horace but had read…
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(tip o’ the pileus to Barbara Saylor Rodgers): William F. Wyatt Jr., 78, professor emeritus and former chairman of the department of classics at Brown University, and a prolific contributor to the op-ed page of The Providence Journal, died March 25 in The Miriam Hospital, Providence. Wyatt’s op-ed pieces over the years ranged across an…
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