Edward G. Schauroth

Edward G. Schauroth (full name Edward Friedrich Theodor August Grotrian Schauroth , born January 12, 1888 in Buffalo , † August 3, 1954 ibid) was an American classical philologist who taught at the University of Buffalo from 1923 to 1954 .

life and work

Edward G. Schauroth was the only son of parents of German origin who came from both sides of the baron class. His paternal and maternal grandparents immigrated from Prussia and the Duchy of Braunschweig in the 19th century . His maternal grandfather, the Reformed pastor August Grotrian, taught his grandson Edward Greek and Latin as well as fencing .

Schauroth studied from 1906 to 1910 at Harvard University , where he was mainly influenced by the ancient scholar Philip Becker Goetz (1870–1950). After Schauroth had completed his studies in 1910 with a Bachelor's degree (A. B.), he held the Latin speech at the graduation ceremony; later he also gave Latin speeches on festive occasions, for example at the opening of the Phi Beta Kappa Chapter in Buffalo in 1939 , of which he was president.

After graduating, Schauroth briefly taught Latin and Greek at the Worcester Academy in Worcester (Massachusetts) . He married Alice Eleanor Nott on June 22, 1912, with whom he had a daughter (Friederike Agnes Emma) in 1914. In 1923 he went to the University of Buffalo , where his former academic teacher Goetz was now teaching. Schauroth was promoted to Professor of Latin and Greek at the university and finally to Andrew van Vranken Raymond Professor of Classics and head of the Institute for Classical Studies. In the 1920s Schauroth undertook several educational trips to Europe, for example to Italy and Greece in 1926 (where he met Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen and the Silesian grammar school teacher Fritz Hache ). On Hache's recommendation, he later wrote an essay for the magazine Das humanistische Gymnasium on the state of classical studies in the USA, after he had toured Germany (especially Göttingen ) in 1929 .

In the 1920s, Schauroth was a board member of the Classical Association of Atlantic States . In 1932 he joined the American Philological Association . A passionate sailor with considerable knowledge of mathematics and astronomy , he gave navigation lessons to the cadets stationed in Buffalo during the Second World War . From 1946 until his death he was a member of the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens . He died of a heart attack on August 3, 1954 in Buffalo .

Schauroth published only a few scientific articles during his career. His command of the ancient languages ​​and his familiarity with the culture of antiquity are shown by the wide range of topics and the knowledgeable, accurate presentation.

Fonts (selection)

• The ὑποζώματα of Greek Ships. In: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology . Volume 22 (1911), pp. 171-179
• The classic studies in America . In: The humanistic high school . Volume 41 (1930), pp. 34-46
• Observations on Virgil and His View of Life . In: University of Buffalo Studies . Volume 8,4 (1932), pp. 175-277
• Some Ancient Solar Observations . In: Popular Astronomy . Vol. 55 (1947), pp. 78-92
• A Vergilian Riddle and its Source . In: Classical Weekly . Volume 43 (1949/50), pp. 8-10
• Sic itur ad astra . In: Latinitas . Volume 2 (1954), pp. 292-298

literature

• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. German nobility . Volume 41, Gotha 1942, p. 465
• John Theodore Horton: Edward Grotrian Schauroth. A memoir . In: University of Buffalo Studies . Volume 22,2 (1955), pp. 65-88 (with picture)
• Harvard Alumni Directory . 1955, p. 1859