Peter Giles (philologist)

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Peter Giles (20 October 1860 – 17 September 1935) was a Scottish

.

Life

Peter Giles was born at

first class in both parts of the Classical Tripos
and in the second class in history.

After attending the lectures of

Neo-grammarians to England in his only publication, A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students, published in 1895 and subsequently translated into German
.

Giles succeeded

comparative philology
at Cambridge in 1891, a position he retained until his death.

Giles served as the Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1910 until 1935 and as

Vice-Chancellor from 1919 to 1920. He died in Cambridge
, aged 74.

References

  1. ^ "Giles, Peter (GLS882P)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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Academic offices
Preceded by
1911-1935
Succeeded by
Thomas Shirley Hele
Preceded by
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge

1919-1920
Succeeded by
Edmund Courtenay Pearce