Earnest Cary (born 25 February 1879) was an
American
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classicist, historian, and translator of classical works.
Early life
He was born on 25 February 1879 in
Beemer, Nebraska
Beemer is a village in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 678 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Beemer is located on the table lands adjoining the Elkhorn River bottoms, 84 miles from Omaha and nine miles northwest of West P ...
.
Education
He completed his bachelor's degree from Gates College in classics. He also received a AB and PhD from
Harvard University
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.
His doctoral dissertation supervisor was
John Williams White.
Career
He has served as teacher of classics at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
.
He has translated a number of classical works, most notably those of
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (,
; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style was ''atticistic'' – imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime.
...
and
Cassius Dio
Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the ...
.
He has frequently collaborated with
Herbert Baldwin Foster.
Selected works
His notable books include:
* ''Dio's Roman History (translated by Earnest Cary)''
* ''Roman Antiquities by Dionysius of Halicarnassus (translated by Earnest Cary)''
See also
*
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
*
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (,
; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style was ''atticistic'' – imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime.
...
*
Cassius Dio
Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the ...
References
External links
* https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/818536
* https://www.hup.harvard.edu/authors/2531-cary-earnest
* https://viaf.org/en/viaf/89376505
* https://omiros.library.ucy.ac.cy/archive/item/1489?lang=en
* https://entities.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfmtGk6PK3MwwJXdmHwG3.html
1879 births
American historians
20th-century American philosophers
People from Cuming County, Nebraska
Harvard University alumni
Harvard University faculty
Year of death missing
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