Duane Reed Stuart

Duane Reed Stuart (born September 27, 1873 in Oneida, Illinois , † August 29, 1941 in Greensboro, Vermont ) was an American classical philologist .

Life

Duane Reed Stuart studied at the University of Michigan , where he received his bachelor's degree in 1896 . From 1898 to 1899 he stayed at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome and spent a semester at the University of Munich . Upon his return, he represented the Latin professor at St. Normal College in Michigan and wrote his doctoral thesis at the University of Michigan, which he in 1900 doctorate was.

From 1900 to 1904, Stuart worked as an instructor in Latin and Greek at the University of Michigan. In 1905 he was appointed assistant professor . In the same year he moved to Princeton University as Preceptor of Classics , where he worked in teaching, research and administration until the end of his life. In 1906 he was appointed Professor of Classics , in 1933 Kennedy Professor of Latin Language and Literature . From 1932 he was also chairman of the Department of Classics . Visiting professorships led him to Columbia University (1921/1922), to the University of California, Berkeley (1924/1925, Sather Professor ), to Bryn Mawr College (1926/1927) and to Yale University (1931).

As a researcher, Stuart was particularly interested in the Greek and Latin literature of the imperial era . His focus was the poet Virgil and the historians of the Flavian period and late antiquity . He always consulted epigraphic material to examine their sources .

Fonts (selection)

• The Agricola with introduction and notes . New York 1909
• The Germania with introduction and notes . New York 1916
• Epochs of Greek and Roman biography . Berkeley / Los Angeles 1928

literature

• Ward W. Briggs : Stuart, Duane Reed . In: Derselbe (ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood Press, Westport CT et al. 1994, ISBN 0-313-24560-6 , pp. 616f.

Web links

• Entry on Duane Reed Stuart in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)