Arthur Surridge Hunt
Arthur Surridge Hunt (born March 1, 1871 in Romford , Essex , † June 18, 1934 in Oxford ) was a British papyrologist .
His life's work includes the discovery and publication of many papyri , especially the Oxyrhynchus Papyri , at archaeological sites in Egypt, which he made together with Bernard Pyne Grenfell . From 1913 he was Grenfell's successor as professor of papyrology at Oxford . In the same year he was elected a member ( Fellow ) of the British Academy .
Fonts
- with Bernard Pyne Grenfell: ΛΟΓΙΑ ΙΗΣΟΥ, sayings of our Lord from an early Greek papyrus. Egypt Exploration Fund, London 1897.
- with Bernard Pyne Grenfell and David George Hogarth : Fayûm Towns and Their Papyri. Egypt Exploration Fund, London 1900.
See also the literature cited in the articles Oxyrhynchus Papyri and Amherst Papyri .
literature
- Luigi Lehnus : Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869-1926) e Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871-1934). In: Mario Capasso (Ed.): Hermae. Scholars and Scholarship in Papyrology. Pisa 2007, pp. 115-141 (with picture).
- Bernhard Palme: Hunt, Arthur Surridge. In: Peter Kuhlmann , Helmuth Schneider (Hrsg.): History of the ancient sciences. Biographical Lexicon (= The New Pauly . Supplements. Volume 6). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02033-8 , Sp. 605.
Web links
- Literature by and about Arthur Surridge Hunt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Arthur Surridge Hunt in the German Digital Library
- List of collections with items provided by Arthur Hunt
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunt, Arthur Surridge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British papyrologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Romford , Essex |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1934 |
| Place of death | Oxford |