Gilbert Norwood

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Gilbert Norwood (born November 23, 1880 in Ecclesall Bierlow , Sheffield , † October 18, 1954 in Toronto ) was a British-Canadian classical philologist .

Life

Gilbert Norwood studied at St John's College of Cambridge University with John Sandys and Richard Claverhouse Jebb . After completing his bachelor's degree (1903), he was employed as an assistant lecturer in classics at the University of Manchester . He also completed his Masters in Cambridge (1906) and was a fellow at St. John's College from 1906 to 1909 .

1908 Norwood received a professorship at University College in Cardiff ( Professor of Greek ). He stayed there for almost twenty years until 1926 when he was offered a professorship at University College in Toronto (Canada).

Norwood worked in Toronto until the end of his life. In 1928 he was appointed Professor of Classics and Director of Classical Studies . In the following years he received various international awards: in 1933 he received his doctorate from the University of Wales (Cardiff), in 1943 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada , and in 1943/1944 he was invited to the University of California, Berkeley as Sather Professor , 1944/1945 he was visiting professor at the University of Chicago . In 1951, Norwood retired.

Norwood's research focus was the ancient stage poetry, especially the Greek tragedy ( Euripides ) and comedy ( Aristophanes ) as well as the Roman comedy ( Plautus and Terence ). He published English translations of several pieces, monographic overviews of the genres and numerous essays on individual problems.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Riddle of the Bacchae . Manchester / London 1908
  • Greek Tragedy . London / Boston 1920. Fourth, revised edition, London / Boston 1948
  • Euripides and Shaw, with other essays . London / Boston 1921
  • The Art of Terence . Oxford 1923
  • The Writers of Greece . London 1925
  • Greek comedy . London 1931. Reprints Boston 1932, 1950
  • The Syntax of the Latin Gerund and Gerundive . Toronto 1932
  • Plautus and Terence . New York / London 1932
  • Pindar . Berkeley 1945 ( Sather Lectures 19)
  • Essays on Euripidean Drama . Berkeley / Los Angeles 1954

literature

  • Alexander G. McKay: Norwood, Gilbert . In: Ward W. Briggs (Ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood Press, Westport CT et al. 1994, ISBN 0-313-24560-6 , pp. 449f.

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personal data
SURNAME Norwood, Gilbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-Canadian classical philologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Ecclesall Bierlow , Sheffield
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1954
Place of death Toronto