Robinson Ellis
Robinson Ellis (born September 5, 1834 in Barming near Maidstone , † October 10, 1913 in Oxford ) was a British classical philologist .
Life
His education began at the Elizabeth College, Guernsey , then he attended Rugby School and finally the Balliol College of Oxford University . In 1858 he became a Fellow of Trinity College , and in 1870 Professor of Latin at University College London . In 1876 he returned to Oxford, where he was a lecturer in Latin from 1883 to 1893. In 1893 he followed Henry Nettleship as professor.
A large part of his scientific work was on Catullus , with whom he had been concerned since 1859. His first Commentary on Catullus (1876) aroused great interest and considerable criticism. In 1889 he brought out a second, an expanded edition that arose from the author's recognition as a Catullus authority. Ellis quoted from Italian commentaries in particular to make it clear that the country of birth of the Renaissance did more for research than is generally known. He supplemented his critical work with a translation (1871, dedicated to Alfred Tennyson ) of the poems in the meter of the original.
Another author to whom Ellis devoted many years of study was Marcus Manilius , the author of the astronomical and astrological didactic poem Astronomica . In 1891 he published Noctes Manilianae , a series of dissertations on Astronomica , including corrections. He also treated Avianus , Velleius Paterculus and the Christian poet Orientius , which he published in the Vienna Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum . He published Ovids Ibis , the poem Aetna ascribed to Lucilius Junior and contributed to the Anecdota Oxoniensia various unpublished manuscripts a . a. from the Bodleian Library . In 1907 he published an edition of the Appendix Vergiliana and in 1908 the annalist Licinianus . Since 1902 he was a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy .
literature
- Albert Curtis Clark : Robinson Ellis 1834-1912 . In: Proceedings of the British Academy . Volume 6 (1914), pp. 517-524
Web links
- Literature by and about Robinson Ellis in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Works by Robinson Ellis in the Internet Archive
- Literature by and about Robinson Ellis in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ellis, Robinson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barming at Maidstone |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1913 |
| Place of death | Oxford |