Arthur Darby Nock
Arthur Darby Nock (born February 21, 1902 in Portsmouth , † January 11, 1963 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ) was a British classical philologist and religious scholar .
Life
Nock studied at Trinity College of Cambridge University , where he 1922 the Bachelor degree , and in 1926 the Master gained. From 1923 he worked as a fellow at Clare College , Cambridge, and from 1926 as a University Lecturer in Classics . In 1930 he became Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion at Harvard University in the USA (succeeding George Foot Moore ), where he remained for the rest of his life. As a guest lecturer he held lectures at various universities, including 1929/1930 at Harvard, 1931 at Trinity College in Dublin ( Donnellan Lecturer ), 1933 in Boston (King's Chapel), 1939/1940 and 1946/1947 in Aberdeen ( Gifford Lecturer ).
As a religious scholar, Nock was of international importance, which is evident not only from his extensive work as a guest lecturer, but also from his membership in numerous academies. He was a corresponding member of the British Academy , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1932), the Prussian Academy of Sciences (since 1937), the German Archaeological Institute (since 1937), the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (since 1938) and the American Philosophical Society (since 1941). He also received a doctorate from the University of Birmingham ( Doctor of Letters 1934) and an honorary doctorate from the Sorbonne in Paris (1950) and the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York (1960). From 1930 he published the magazine Harvard Theological Review , which he edited until his death. From 1945 he published the Corpus Hermeticum with André-Jean Festugière .
literature
- Eric Robertson Dodds , Henry Chadwick : Obituary: Arthur Darby Nock : In: The Journal of Roman Studies , Volume 53 (1963), pp. 168-169.
- Marco Frenschkowski: Nock, Arthur Darby. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 970-972.
- Martin P. Nilsson : Arthur Darby Nock † . In: Gnomon , Volume 35 (1963). Pp. 318-320.
- John E. Rexine : Nock, Arthur Darby . In: Ward W. Briggs (Ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood Press, Westport CT et al. 1994, ISBN 0-313-24560-6 , pp. 445-446.
Web links
- Entry on Arthur Darby Nock in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)
- Literature by and about Arthur Darby Nock in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ member History: Arhur D. Nock. American Philosophical Society, accessed January 9, 2019 .
- ^ Arthur Darby Nock, André-Jean Festugière: Corpus Hermeticum. I – II, Paris 1945.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nock, Arthur Darby |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British classical philologist and religious scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portsmouth |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1963 |
| Place of death | Cambridge, Massachusetts |