Patrick G. Walsh

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Patrick Gerard Walsh , also Peter Walsh (born August 16, 1923 in Accrington , Lancashire , † January 16, 2013 in Glasgow ) was a British classical philologist .

Life

Patrick G. Walsh attended Catholic College in Preston on a scholarship and then studied classical philology at the University of Liverpool , also on a scholarship . After graduating from First , he served in the Royal Air Force's Intelligence Corps during World War II .

After military service, Walsh completed a doctorate at the National University of Ireland and then taught as a lecturer at Dublin University . He later moved to the University of Edinburgh as a professor , which later awarded him an honorary doctorate (D.Litt.). In 1972 Walsh went to the University of Glasgow as Professor of Humanity , where he worked until his retirement . In 1983 he became a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . He has lectured as a visiting professor at the University of Toronto , Yale University , the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Georgetown University .

Walsh dealt with wide areas of Latin literature, ranging from classical Roman prose to Christian authors and into the Middle Ages. He wrote fundamental studies and text editions on the historical work of Livy , the ancient novel ( Petronius , Satyricon and Apuleius , Metamorphoses ), the church fathers Paulinus von Nola , Augustinus von Hippo and Thomas von Aquin , the poet Andreas Capellanus and the Carmina Burana . He continued his research well into old age, before Parkinson's disease made it impossible for him.

Fonts (selection)

  • Livy, his historical aims and methods . Cambridge 1961. Reprinted Cambridge 1963
  • Letters of St. Paulinus of Nola. Translated and annotated by PG Walsh . Two volumes, Westminster 1967
  • The Roman novel: The 'Satyricon' of Petronius and the 'Metamorphoses' of Apuleius . Cambridge 1970
  • Courtly Love in the Carmina Burana . Edinburgh 1972
  • T. Livi Ab urbe condita liber XXI. Edited by PG Walsh . London 1973
  • Livy . Oxford 1974 ( New surveys in the classics 8)
  • Andreas Capellanus: on love. Edited with an English translation by PG Walsh . London 1982
  • Titi Livi Ab urbe condita. Libri 26/27 . Leipzig 1982. 2nd edition, Leipzig 1989
  • Titi Livi Ab urbe condita. Libri 28/30 . Leipzig 1986
  • Cassiodorus: Explanation of the Psalms. Translated and annotated by PG Walsh . Two volumes, New York 1991
  • Love Lyrics from the Carmina Burana. Edited and Translated with a Commentary by PG Walsh . Chapel Hill (NC) 1993
  • Livy: Book XXXVIII = Liber XXXVIII. Edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by PG Walsh . Warminster 1993
  • Livy: Book XXXIX = Liber XXXIX. Edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by PG Walsh . Warminster 1994
  • Livy: Book XL = Liber XL. Edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by PG Walsh . Warminster 1996
  • Cicero: The nature of the gods. Translated with introduction and explanatory notes by PG Walsh . Oxford 1997
  • Titi Livi from urbe condita. T. 6: Libri XXXVI-XL . Oxford 1999
  • One Hundred Latin Hymns: Ambrose to Aquinas . Cambridge (MA) 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Walsh, Patrick G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walsh, Patrick Gerard (full name); Walsh, Peter (optional name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Accrington , Lancashire, England, UK
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2013
Place of death Glasgow , Scotland, United Kingdom