John Percival Postgate
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Born | John Percival Postgate 24 October 1853 Birmingham, England |
Died | 15 July 1926 Birmingham, England | (aged 72)
Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
Occupation(s) | Professor, scholar |
Spouse | Edith Allen |
Children | Raymond Postgate Margaret Cole |
Parent | John Postgate |
Relatives | Oliver Postgate (grandson) John Postgate (grandson) |
Family | Postgate family |
John Percival Postgate,
Biography
Postgate was born on 24 October 1853 in
Postgate was a college lecturer in classics
He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1886.[5] In 1907, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6]
He established himself as a creative editor of
He retired in 1920, and was made
Personal life
In June 1891, Postgate married Edith Allen (1863–1962), a former student of his.
Postgate's relationship with his son Raymond and daughter Margaret were strained when they championed
On 14 July 1926, he was injured in a cycling accident, when he was knocked off his bicycle by a lorry in Cambridge. He was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital but died of his injuries the following day.[3] He was worth £33,029 at the time of his death, the majority of which (£27,000) was donated to the University of Liverpool; it had first been offered to Trinity College, Cambridge, but they refused the legacy.[3]
Published works
- The New Latin Primer (London, 1888)
- Sermo Latinus. A Short Guide to Latin Prose Composition (London, 1889; revised and enlarged ed. 1913)
- (ed.) Corpus Poetarum Latinorum, 2 vols. (London, 1905–1920)
- (ed.) Tibulli Aliorumque Carminum Libri Tres. Oxford Classical Texts (Oxford, 1905)
- "Flaws in Classical Research". Proceedings of the British Academy, 1907–1908. 3: 161–212. (1908)
- (ed. and tr., with F.W. Cornish and J.W. Mackail) Catullus, Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris. Loeb Classical Library (London, 1912)
- (ed. with notes) M. Annaei Lucani De Bello Civili Liber VII (Cambridge, 1917; rev. ed. by O.A.W. Dilke, Bristol, 1978)
- (ed. with notes) M. Annaei Lucani De Bello Civili Liber VIII (Cambridge, 1917)
- Translation and Translations. Theory and Practice (London, 1922)
- Prosodia Latina. An Introduction to Classical Latin Verse (Oxford, 1923)
- A Short Guide to the Accentuation of Ancient Greek (Liverpool, 1924)
- (ed.) Phaedri Fabulae Aesopiae. Oxford Classical Texts (Oxford, 1934)
References
- ^ Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Postgate, John Percival (PSTT872JP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35582. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b Gibson, Roy (2010) "From Postgate to Present: Professors of Latin at the University of Liverpool", John Percival Postgate Lecture. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Professor John Percival Postgate FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ISBN 1-85331-084-0.
- ^ "POSTGATE, Prof. John Raymond". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (online edition via Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Further reading
- Todd, R. B. (ed.) (2004) Dictionary of British Classicists ISBN 1-85506-997-0
External links
- Works by or about John Percival Postgate at Wikisource
- Works by or about John Percival Postgate at Internet Archive