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Sir Arthur Wallace Pickard-Cambridge, (20 January 1873 – 7 February 1952) was a British
classicist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...
, Professor of Greek at the
University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...
, and one of the greatest authorities on the
theatre of ancient Greece A Theatre, theatrical culture flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. At its centre was the Polis, city-state of Classical Athens, Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, and the theatre ...
in the first half of the 20th century. Pickard-Cambridge was born in
Bloxworth Bloxworth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, within Wareham Forest on the A35 road west of Poole. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 80 households and a population of 200. Bloxworth Heath is home to Woolsbar ...
Rectory, the son of the Reverend
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider from a large collection that he made with contrib ...
(1828–1917), a naturalist and entomologist. He served as a fellow and tutor at
Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and aro ...
(1897-1929).British Academy fellowship record
Following the accidental death (in a fire) of Prof.
Alexander William Mair Alexander William Mair (9 June 1875–13 November 1928) was a 20th century Scottish scholar who was the Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh. He was an authority on the works of the Greek poet Hesiod. Life Mair was born in Edin ...
he became Professor of Greek at the
University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...
(1928-1930), then
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of
Sheffield University The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Firth College in 1879 ...
(1930 to 1938). He was elected a
fellow of the British Academy Fellowship of the British Academy (post-nominal letters FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. The categories are: # Fellows – scholars resident in t ...
in 1934, and was knighted in 1950 ''"for services to education"'',
2 Jan 1950, Page 2, Supplement to the London Gazette
just two years before his death.


Quotations

''I rank examinations as they are treated in most schools as among the worst enemies to education, to freedom of thought, and independence of judgment.''
—Letter to the ''
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'' 1935''Daily Mirror'', 7 September 1935
''Everything is done for us nowadays: we have lost our independence of thought. On every side we see men like sheep taking passively what is given to them.. getting even their standard of taste from the radio in this 'Switch it on' and 'Put me through' age.''
—Address to the Congress of Universities of the British Empire, 1936:—''Daily Mirror'', 18 July 1936


Works

* 1912
''The Public Orations of Demosthenes. Translated by A. W. Pickard-Cambridge. In two volumes''
Oxford: Clarendon Press. * 1914
Demosthenes and the Last Days of Greek Freedom 384-322 BC''
New York and London: G.P. Putnams. * 1918. ''Memoir of the Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge''. Published privately. * 1927
Tragedy and Comedy''
Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2nd ed., 1962. * 1946. ''The Theatre of Dionysus in Athens''. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2nd ed., 1956. * 1953. ''The Dramatic Festivals of Athens''. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2nd ed., 1988, .


Notes


References

*''The Times'', 9 February 1952


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* * * * __NOTOC__ 1873 births 1952 deaths English classical scholars Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of the British Academy Academics of the University of Sheffield Academics of the University of Edinburgh Vice-chancellors of the University of Sheffield People from Purbeck District {{UK-academic-stub