Edward Moore (Scholar)
Edward Moore (born February 28, 1835 in Cardiff , † September 2, 1916 in Chagford , Devon ) was a British classical philologist, Romanist , Italianist and Dante researcher.
life and work
Moore studied at Pembroke College (Oxford) . He taught on the Isle of Wight , then at Queen's College (Oxford) . In 1864 he became director of St Edmund Hall in Oxford. From 1903 he was Canon of Canterbury Cathedral .
Moore has made a name for himself especially in Dante research.
Moore was an honorary doctorate from Dublin University .
Publications
- (Ed.) The works of Horace , Cambridge 1850, 1854
- (Ed.) An Introduction to Aristotle's Ethics , London 1886, 1890
- The time-references in the Divina commedia, and their bearing on the assumed date and duration of the Vision , London 1887 (Italian: Gli accenni al tempo nella Divina commedia e loro relazione con la presunta data e durata della visione , Florence 1900, Rome 2007)
- Contributions to the textual criticism of the Divina commedia, including the complete collation throughout the Inferno of all the mss. at Oxford and Cambridge , Cambridge 1889
- Dante and his early biographers , London 1890, New York 1970
- Studies in Dante , 4 volumes, Oxford 1896–1917, 1968–1969
- (Ed.) Tutte le opere di Dante Alighieri , Oxford 1904
literature
- Edward Armstrong [1846-1928]: Edward Moore . In: Proceedings of the British Academy 7, 1916
Web links
- Literature by and about Edward Moore (Scholar) in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moore, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British classical philologist, Romanist and Italianist, specialist in Dante Alighieri |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cardiff |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1916 |
| Place of death | Chagford , Devon |