Frank M. Snowden Jr.
Frank M. Snowden Jr. | |
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Born | July 17, 1911 |
Spouse | Elaine Hill Snowden (wife) |
Children | Frank M. Snowden III and Jane Alice Snowden Lepscky |
Frank M. Snowden Jr. (July 17, 1911 – February 18, 2007), was an American
Career
Snowden was born in rural
After a brief period teaching at
Snowden retired in 1976. In retirement, he taught at Howard as professor emeritus; he also taught at
Snowden's books include Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience (1970), which received the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit of the
Snowden served as a member of the American delegation to
Work
Snowden was largely known for his studies of black people in the ancient world. He documented that in ancient Rome and Greece racial prejudice was not an issue. Much of this, according to Snowden, is because most of the Africans encountered in Rome were not slaves. Most of the Africans documented in Rome and Greece met were warriors, statesmen, and mercenaries. Therefore, Africans were not subjected to the racism of modern civilization. He studied ancient art and literature, and he found mass evidence Africans were able to co-exist with the Greeks and Romans of the time.
Later life and death
In 2003, Snowden was honored at the White House as a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.[4] He died of congestive heart failure in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 2007.[1]
Personal life
Snowden married Elaine Hill Snowden in 1935, and lived with her in Washington, D.C., until her death in 2005. He was fluent in Latin, Greek, German, French and Italian. His son, Frank M. Snowden III, is a professor of twentieth century Italian history at Yale University.
Works
- Frank M. Snowden Jr. (1970). Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press. ISBN 0674076265.
- Frank M. Snowden Jr. (1983). Before Color Prejudice: The Ancient View of Blacks. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674063813.
References
- ^ a b c d Margalit Fox (February 28, 2007). "Frank M. Snowden Jr., 95, Historian of Blacks in Antiquity, Dies". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c Adam Bernstein (February 22, 2007). "Frank Snowden; Major Scholar of Blacks in Antiquity". The Washington Post.
- ^ Snowden, Frank M. (1944). De Servis Libertisque Pompeianis (PhD thesis). Harvard University. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ National Endowment for the Humanities (January–February 2004). "Frank Snowden Jr.: Transcending Prejudice". Humanities, Volume 25/Number 1. Archived from the original on February 17, 2004.
External links
- Frank M. Snowden Jr. at the Database of Classical Scholars
- National Endowment for the Humanities (November 14, 2003). "President Bush Awards 2003 Humanities Medals". National Endowment for the Humanities. Archived from the original on November 19, 2003.
- Michael R. Winston (March 11, 2007). "Howard's Unyielding Intellectual". The Washington Post.