James Gow (philologist)

James Gow (born January 16, 1854 in London , † February 16, 1923 in Hampstead (London) ) was a British headmaster, mathematician and classical philologist .

Gow was the son of an artist and attended King's College School in Wimbledon (London) and studied Classical Philology at the University of Cambridge ( Trinity College ) with an MA degree. He became a Fellow of Trinity College and King's College London . In 1875 he became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in London. From 1876 to 1878 he was a University Extension Lecturer at Cambridge . From 1885 to 1901 he was principal of Nottingham High School and then principal of Westminster School . 1900 to 1902 he was President of the British Society of Headmasters' Association and was in 1906 of the Headmaster's Conference.

As a math historian, he is known for a history of Greek mathematics. He also gave an introduction to the study of classical languages, which was also translated into French and Italian.

In 1881 he became Doctor of Letters at Cambridge. He wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1911, for example about Horace , whose poems he also edited.

He was the father of the Graecist Andrew Sydenham Farrar Gow .

Fonts

• A Short History of Greek Mathematics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1884, reprinted New York 1923 ( digitized version ).
• A Companion to School Classics. Macmillan, London / New York 1889 ( digitized version ).
• Horace's Odes and Satires. Edited, with introduction and notes by James Gow. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1896.
• Q. Horatii Flacci Saturarum. 2 volumes, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1901/1909.
• A Method of English for Secondary Schools. Macmillan, London 1907.

literature

• Obituary: James Gow. In: Nature . Volume 111, 1923, p. 403.

Web links

Wikisource: James Gow  - Sources and full texts (English)