Gilbert Austin Davies (15 September 1868 – 26 July 1948) was an English classical scholar.

Life

Davies was born in London. After education at Aldenham Grammar School and Owen’s College, Manchester, Davies went up to

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

, as a scholar in 1887. He began his academic career at Trinity, where he was a Fellow from 1892 to 1898,University of Glasgow Story
Accessed 23 October 2010 during which time he produced a school edition of the first book of Tacitus's

Histories Histories or, in Latin, Historiae may refer to: * the plural of history * ''Histories'' (Herodotus), by Herodotus * ''The Histories'', by Timaeus * ''The Histories'' (Polybius), by Polybius * ''Histories'' by Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) ...

in 1896. In 1898 he was appointed as the second Gladstone Professor of Greek at the still new

University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...

before moving in 1906 to the more long-established chair in Greek at the

University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as ''Glas.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals; ) is a Public university, public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by papal bull in , it is the List of oldest universities in continuous ...

, a position he held until retirement in 1934. His service in Glasgow was interposed by voluntary work during the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

for the Serbian Relief Fund, for which he received the award of the Serbian Order of St Sava. Davies produced abridged versions of the commentaries of Jebb on two of

Sophocles Sophocles ( 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those ...

' plays, Trachiniai and

Electra Electra, also spelt Elektra (; ; ), is one of the most popular Greek mythology, mythological characters in tragedies.Evans (1970), p. 79 She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, ''Electra (Sophocles play), Electra'' by Sophocles and ''Ele ...

, both of which have been reprinted in 2010, and an edition of the

First First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a ...

Second The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of U ...

and

Third Philippic The "Third Philippic" was delivered by the prominent Athenian statesman and orator, Demosthenes, in 341 BC. It constitutes the third of the four philippics. Historical background In 343 BC, the Macedonian arms were carried across Epirus and a ye ...

s of

Demosthenes Demosthenes (; ; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide insight into the politics and cu ...

.Review in The Classical Journal
Volume 5, No 7, May 1910

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Gilbert Austin 1868 births 1948 deaths People educated at Aldenham School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Liverpool Academics of the University of Glasgow English classical scholars Recipients of the Order of St. Sava