John Cuthbert Lawson

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John Cuthbert Lawson (born October 14, 1874 in Weston-in-Gordano , Somerset ; †) was a British scholar. He was a Fellow and Lecturer at Pembroke College , Cambridge and a former Craven student at the University.

John Cuthbert Lawson was the son of Robert Lawson and his wife Mary Sackville Lawson, b. Neale, born. He studied at Bradfield College, Berkshire and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Lawson's major work examines the relationship between modern Greek folklore and ancient Greek religion. During the First World War he was Lieutenant Commander of the Royal Navy and from 1917 to 1919 Commander.

In 1900 he married Dorothy Frances Holden, with whom he had two sons and two daughters. His hobby was golf .

Works

  • Modern greek folklore and ancient greek religion. A study in survivals . Cambridge, 1910
  • The Litany of the Elves .
  • Tales of Aegean Intrigue . Chatto & Windus, London 1920
  • as editor: The Agamemnon of Aeschylus . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1932

literature

  • Horace Cox: Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire . Author, London [1912]. (Cox's County Who's Who Series)
  • Who's Who in Cambridgeshire . Baylis, Worcester 1936

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personal data
SURNAME Lawson, John Cuthbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Weston-in-Gordano , Somerset
DATE OF DEATH after 1919