The ''American Journal of Philology'' is a quarterly
academic journal
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established in 1880 by the classical scholar
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (October 23, 1831January 9, 1924) was an American classical scholar. An author of numerous works, and founding editor of the ''American Journal of Philology'', he has been credited with contributions to the syntax of Gre ...
and published by the
Johns Hopkins University Press. It covers the field of
philology, and related areas of
classical literature,
linguistics
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,
history,
philosophy, and
cultural studies.
In 2003, the journal received the award for Best Single Issue from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the
Association of American Publishers
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.
The current
editor-in-chief is Joseph Farrell (
University of Pennsylvania
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).
Editors:
* Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1880 - 1919)
* C.W.E. Miller (1920 - 1934)
*
Benjamin Dean Meritt (1934 - 1935, 1943 - 1946)
* Tenney Frank (1936 - 1939)
*
Harold Cherniss (1940 - 1942)
* Henry T. Rowell (1946 - 1971)
*
Georg Luck
* David H. J. Larmour
* Joseph Farrell
References
External links
*
''American Journal of Philology'' at
Project MUSE
Publications established in 1880
English-language journals
Quarterly journals
Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals
Classics journals
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