Edward Ross Wharton
Edward Ross Wharton (1844–1896) was an English academic, known as a classical scholar and genealogist.
Life
Born at
In 1868 Wharton was elected to a fellowship at Jesus College, where he was assistant tutor and Latin lecturer. He died at Oxford on 4 June 1896, and his remains were cremated at Woking.[1]
Works
Wharton published:[1]
- Etyma Græca (1882), an etymological lexicon of classical Greek (1882)
- Etyma Latina (1890)
- Translations of Aristotle's Poetics and Book i. of Horace's Satires
- Papers for the London Philological Society and the French Société Linguistique[1]
Six manuscript volumes left to the Bodleian Library contained genealogical researches into the family named Wharton or Warton, including the baronial family of Wharton of Wharton Hall, now in Cumbria. A sketch of the family which he completed just before his death was printed by his widow in 1898.[1]
Family
In 1870 Wharton married Marie, a daughter of Samuel Hicks Withers of Willesden, who died in 1899. They had no children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- "Collections by E .R. Wharton". University of Oxford. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Wharton, Edward Ross". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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