Arthur Leslie Wheeler
Arthur Leslie Wheeler (born August 12, 1871 in Hartford, Connecticut , † May 22, 1932 in Princeton, New Jersey ) was an American classical philologist .
Life
Arthur Leslie Wheeler studied at Yale University , where he received his bachelor's degree in 1893 . In 1894 he was hired as an instructor in Latin and worked on his doctoral thesis, in which he examined the use of tense by the Roman comedy poets Plautus and Terenz . In 1900 he received his doctorate and moved to Bryn Mawr College as an associate professor . In 1901 he was appointed full professor and chairman of the Department of Classics .
From 1901 to 1903, Wheeler was a member of the executive committee of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome . In 1923/1924 he was President of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States . In 1925 he moved from Bryn Mawr College to Princeton University , where he became Professor of Latin and in 1932 Chairman of the Department of Latin . In 1927/1928 he was Sather Professor at the University of California, Berkeley .
Wheeler was mainly a Latinist . He dealt with the language, grammar, style and poetics of the Roman poets, especially Catullus and the Elegians .
literature
- Ward W. Briggs : Wheeler, Arthur Leslie . In: Derselbe (ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood Press, Westport CT et al. 1994, ISBN 0-313-24560-6 , pp. 691f.
Web links
- Entry on Arthur Leslie Wheeler in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wheeler, Arthur Leslie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wheeler, Arthur L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartford, Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1932 |
| Place of death | Princeton, New Jersey |