John Dewar Denniston

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John Dewar Denniston (born March 4, 1887 in Bareilly , British India , † May 2, 1949 in Church Stretton , South Shropshire ) was a British classical scholar .

Denniston earned an MA and a D. Litt. in Oxford . In 1913 he found a job as a tutorial fellow at Hertford College , which he held until his death. He was also a tutor in Greek at Christ Church , Oxford. For five years he edited the classical scholarly journal The Classical Quarterly . He was a fellow of the British Academy and carried the OBE ( Order of the British Empire ).

Fonts (selection)

List of publications in: John D. Denniston, Lo stile della prosa greca. A cura di E. Renna, con una Premessa di M. Gigante , Bari 1993, pp. 247-254.

  • Greek Literary Criticism. London 1924; Reprinted in New York 1973.
  • Cicero, Philippics I and II. Ed. with Introd. and Notes. Oxford 1926, reprinted Bristol 1982.
  • The Greek Particles. Oxford 1934; second edition 1952, revised by Kenneth J. Dover .
  • Euripides, Electra. Ed. with a Comm. Oxford 1939, reprinted 1987.
  • The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Ed. by M. Cary, John D. Denniston, JW Duff, Arthur Darby Nock , WD Ross , HH Scullard. Oxford 1949; second edition 1970, ed. by NGL Hammond and HH Scullard.
  • Some Oxford Composition. Oxford 1949.
  • Greek Prose Style. Ed. by Hugh Lloyd-Jones . Oxford 1952, reprinted Westport, Connecticut 1979.
    • Italian translation: Lo stile della prosa greca. A cura di E. Renna, con una Premessa di Marcello Gigante , Bari 1993.
  • Aeschylus, Agamemnon. Ed. with an Introd. and Comm. by JDD and Denys Page , Oxford 1957; Reprinted Oxford 1986.

literature

  • Cecil Maurice Bowra : John Dewar Denniston (1887-1949) . In: Proceedings of the British Academy 35, 1949, 219-232.
  • A. da Costa Ramalho, Humanitas ns 1, 1952, xlix-l.
  • A. da Costa Ramalho: A obra Póstuma do Doutor John Dewar Denniston. In: Humanitas ns 6-7, 1957-1958, 212-213.
  • Marcello Gigante, Premessa, in: Lo stile della prosa greca. A cura di E. Renna, Bari 1993, pp. VII-XVII.

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personal data
SURNAME Denniston, John Dewar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Bareilly
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1949
Place of death Church Stretton , South Shropshire