Richmond Lattimore
Richmond Alexander Lattimore (born May 6, 1906 in Baoding , † February 26, 1984 in Rosemont ) was an American classical philologist and translator.
Life
He was born in Baoding to David and Margaret Barnes Lattimore and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1926 . His brother Owen Lattimore was a sinologist who was blacklisted for his association with China during the McCarthy era but was subsequently rehabilitated when none of the charges brought against him turned out to be true. Her sister Eleanor Frances Lattimore was a writer and illustrator of children's books.
Richmond was a Rhodes scholar at Christ Church , Oxford and received his BA in 1932. He then received his doctorate under the direction of William Abbott Oldfather in 1934 at the University of Illinois . The following year he entered the Department of Greek at Bryn Mawr College and married Alice Bockstahler, with whom he later had two sons, Steven and Alexander; Steven also became a Classical Philologist and Professor at UCLA .
From 1943 to 1946, Lattimore was absent from his professorship to serve in the United States Navy , but returned after the war to stay at Bryn Mawr College until his retirement in 1971 and to work regularly at other universities. He continued to publish poems and translations for the rest of his life, with two poems appearing in print posthumously.
He translated the Revelation of John in 1962. A 1979 edition of McGraw-Hill Ryerson contained the four Gospels. Lattimore completed the translation of the New Testament, published posthumously in 1996 under the title The New Testament .
Lattimore was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1962.
He was baptized at Easter 1983 in the Roman Catholic Church in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, in part as a result of his work translating the Gospel of Luke.
Fonts (selection)
- Themes in Greek and Latin epitaphs . Urbana 1942, OCLC 894401693 .
- The Odes of Pindar . Chicago 1947, OCLC 250247763 .
- The Four Gospels and the Revelation, Newly Translated from the Greek . New York 1979, ISBN 0-374-15801-0 .
- Acts and letters of the Apostles. Newly translated from the Greek . New York 1982, ISBN 0-374-10082-9 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lattimore, Richmond |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lattimore, Richmond Alexander (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baoding |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1984 |
| Place of death | Rosemont |