Thomas Higham, 1952 - 1967
Scope and Contents
Approximately 25 letters, pamphlets, offprints, and other ephemera belonging to Thomas Farrant Higham, an Oxford scholar of Classical Literature. The majority of the collection is correspondence often accompanied by a piece of scholarly work discussed therein. Of particular note is Higham’s correspondence with C.J. Fordyce (1885-1956), including the typescript and corrected proof sheets of his review of Léon Hermann’s Art poétique (1951) published in “Classical Review” in 1953. The materials assembled here are from the latter part of Higham’s life, dating from 1952-1967. Correspondents include Classicists A.M. Dale (1901-1967), Mark M.O. Morford (d. 2019), and E.L.B. Meurig-Davies, as well as British scientist Sir Gavin de Beer (1899-1972).
Dates
- 1952 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Thomas Farrant Higham (1890-1975) was an English scholar and translator. He studied Classics at Trinity College, Oxford, where he also spent most of his academic career – as fellow, dean, and senior tutor of Trinity (first elected 1914), and subsequently as Public Orator of the University. His published works mostly relate to ancient Greek poetry.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu