Frank Frost Abbott

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Frank Frost Abbott (born March 27, 1860 in Redding (Connecticut) , † July 23, 1924 in Montreux ) was an American classical philologist .

Life

Frank Frost Abbott was the son of Thaddeus Marvin Abbott and Mary Jane, born in New York City . Frost. His father was a large landowner, probate judge in Redding, Connecticut, parish church deacon, and also a politician. Abbott studied at Yale University , where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1882 . He then taught Latin literature and language as a tutor at this university . On June 21, 1888, he married Jane Harrison, who was descended from early Connecticut settlers . From 1888 to 1889 he deepened his studies at the universities of Berlin , Bonn and Rome . On his return he was at Yale in 1891 with a dissertation on colloquial Latin in Cicero doctorate .

In the same year Abbott moved as Associate Professor of Latin to the newly founded University of Chicago , whose curricula and politics he played a key role. In 1894 he received the full professorship ( full professor ) for Latin at the same university. From 1901 to 1902 he taught Latin at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome . In 1908 he moved to Princeton University as Kennedy Professor of Latin , where he taught until his death. From 1917 to 1918 he was president of the American Philological Association .

Abbott was a tall, slender, dark-haired man with a mustache. He suffered from a lung disease for a long time and was therefore unable to do his teaching duties in Chicago for a year, but he endured the disease patiently. He was also a lover of books and art. In terms of character, he is described as humorous and always friendly.

Abbott's main research focus was Latin literature and language. He wrote numerous articles and monographs, including widely used manuals on Roman antiquity . Often he addressed his works not only to specialists, but also to a broader readership. He also translated Alberico Gentilis Hispanicae Advocationis Libri duo from Latin. He also served as co-editor of the academic journal Classical Philology .

Fonts

  • Edition of Selected Letters of Cicero , 1897
  • Repetition in Latin , 1900
  • A History and Description of Roman Political Institutions , 1901
  • The Toledo Manuscript of the Germania of Tacitus , 1903
  • A Short History of Rome , 1906
  • Society and Politics in Ancient Rome , New York 1909
  • The Common People of Ancient Rome , New York 1911
  • The Spanish Pleas of Alberico Gentili , 2 vols., 1921
  • Roman Politics , Boston 1923
  • Municipal Administration in the Roman Empire , posthumously 1926 ed. by Allan Chester Johnson

literature

  • Abbott, Frank Frost. In: Dictionary of American Biography , Vol. 1 (1928), pp. 20 f.
  • Ward W. Briggs : Abbott, Frank Frost . In: Ward W. Briggs (Ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood Press, Westport CT et al. 1994, ISBN 0-313-24560-6 , pp. 3 f.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c d Abbott, Frank Frost. In: Dictionary of American Biography , Vol. 1 (1928), p. 20.
personal data
SURNAME Abbott, Frank Frost
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abbott, Frank F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Redding (Connecticut)
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1924
Place of death Montreux