Life and Letters of Sir Richard Claverho

Klappentext A memoir of Sir Richard Jebb (1841 1905)! the outstanding classical scholar of the second half of the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung Sir Richard Jebb (1841-1905) was the outstanding British classical scholar of the second half of the nineteenth century. This memoir! published in 1907! gives a rounded picture of a man who! as editor of Sophocles! critic and politician! played an important role in the cultural life of Victorian Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Family history; 2. Childhood and school days; 3. Undergraduate years; 4. Fellowship and college work; 5. Diary and letters; 6. Letters to C. L. S.; 7. Cambridge life and work; 8. Marriage; 9. British School at Athens; 10. Springfield; 11. Visit to America; 12. Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge; 13. The Welsh Church Disestablishment Bill; 14. Conference on secondary education; 15. Death of Mr Gladstone; 16. Re-election; 17. British Academy; 18. Letters; 19. Visit to South Africa; 20. The scholar and critic; Index.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Family history; 2. Childhood and school days; 3. Undergraduate years; 4. Fellowship and college work; 5. Diary and letters; 6. Letters to C. L. S.; 7. Cambridge life and work; 8. Marriage; 9. British School at Athens; 10. Springfield; 11. Visit to America; 12. Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge; 13. The Welsh Church Disestablishment Bill; 14. Conference on secondary education; 15. Death of Mr Gladstone; 16. Re-election; 17. British Academy; 18. Letters; 19. Visit to South Africa; 20. The scholar and critic; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Jebb, A. W. Verrall
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9781108008952
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00895-2
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval