John Williams White

John Williams White (March 5, 1849 – May 9, 1917) was an American classicist, historian, and translator of classical works.

Biography

He was born to the Reverend John Whitney and Anna Catharine in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 5, 1849.

He died on May 9, 1917 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Education

He completed his bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1868. He completed his master's degree in 1871 in Berlin. He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1877.

Career

From 1884 to 1909, he served as professor of Greek at Harvard University. In 1913, he became the professor emeritus of Greek at Harvard University.

His notable doctoral students include James Loeb and Earnest Cary.

From 1881 to 1886 he was chairman of the managing committee of the American School at Athens, and in 1893-1894 held the annual professorship at the school. He was president of the Archaeological Institute from 1897 to 1903.

Bibliography

He is the author of a number of notable books. These include:

• The Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles (1875)
• ' (1877)
• An Introduction to the Rhythmic and Metric of the Classical Languages. To which are added the lyric parts of the Medea of Euripedes and the Antigone of Sophocles, with rhythmical schemes and commentary (1880)
• The Beginner's Greek Book (1892)
• ' (1892)
• The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis (1894)

See also

• Harvard University
• Earnest Cary

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