John Leslie Catterall
John Leslie Catterall (born September 15, 1905 in Honolulu , † October 11, 1972 in Lexington, Kentucky ) was an American classical philologist .
After attending the Public School and Britannia High School in Vancouver , Catterall studied Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of British Columbia from 1922 . After graduating with a bachelor's degree (1926), he moved to Stanford University , where he obtained his master’s degree in 1932 . His master's thesis, a stylistic analysis of a Livius part (22, 4-7), also resulted in his doctoral thesis ( Livy's use of the period, considered as an element in his style and composition ), with which Catterall received his doctorate in 1936 .
After receiving his doctorate, Catterall worked as a research assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . From 1941 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier . During this time his essay Samo's Translation of Jerome's Life of Hilarion appeared in William Abbott Oldfather's anthology Studies in the text tradition of St. Jerome's Vitae patrum in 1943 (Urbana: The University of Illinois Press 1943). Since 1964, Catterall was a member of the American Philological Association .
literature
- Abstracts of dissertations for the degrees of doctor of philosophy and doctor of education , Stanford University 1933, p. 44.
- UBC Alumni chronicle , Winter 1972, p. 29.
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| SURNAME | Catterall, John Leslie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Catterall, John L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Honolulu |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1972 |
| Place of death | Lexington, Kentucky |