Samuel Ball Platner (December 4, 1863 – August 20, 1921) was an American classicist and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

. Platner was born at Unionville, Connecticut, and educated at

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

. He taught at

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and is best known as the author of various topographical works on ancient Rome, chief among them '' A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'', completed after Platner's death by Thomas Ashby and published in 1929; and as a contributor to the 1911 Britannica.

Bibliography

* ''The topography and monuments of ancient Rome'' (1st ed. 1904; 2nd rev ed. 1911; Boston, Allyn & Bacon).

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* American archaeologists American classical scholars 1863 births 1921 deaths Yale College alumni {{US-archaeologist-stub