Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster

Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster

Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster (mostly TBL Webster ) (born July 3, 1905 , † May 31, 1974 ) was a British classical philologist and archaeologist .

TBL Webster attended Charterhouse School and then studied at Oxford University . Here he studied a. a. Archeology with John D. Beazley , but he was particularly interested in Menander and Greek comedy . He tried to reconstruct the plot of the mostly lost pieces from fragments and archaeological documents, especially vase painting.

As the successor to William Moir Calder (1881-1960) he was from 1931 to 1948 Hulme Professor of Greek at the University of Manchester . From 1948 to 1968 he was Chair of Greek at University College London , where he co-founded the Institute of Classical Studies in 1953 . After the death of his wife, the classical philologist Amy Marjorie Dale (1901–1967), he moved to the USA in 1968 and taught at Stanford University as Emeritus Professor of Classics . In 1965 he was elected a member of the British Academy .

Publications (selection)

• An introduction to Sophocles. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1936
• Greek art and literature 530-400 BC Clarendon Press, Oxford 1939
• Studies in Menander. Manchester University Press, Manchester 1950
• Studies in later greek comedy. Manchester University Press, Manchester 1953
• Greek theater production. Methuen, London 1956
• Art and literature in fourth century Athens. Athlone Press, London 1956
• From Mycenae to Homer. A study in early Greek literature and art. Methuen, London 1958
  • German: From Mycenae to Homer. Beginnings of Greek literature and art in the light of Linear B. Oldenbourg, Munich 1960
• Greek art and literature 700-530 BC. The beginnings of modern civilization. Methuen, London 1959
• Monuments illustrating old and middle comedy. London 1960
• Monuments illustrating new comedy. London 1961
• Monuments illustrating tragedy and satyr play. London 1962
• Hellenistic poetry and art. Methuen, London 1964
• The art of Greece. The age of hellenism. Crown 1966
• The tragedies of Euripides. Methuen, London 1967
• Everyday life in classical Athens. Batsford, London 1969
  • Reprint: Life in Classical Athens. Batsford, London 1978
• The Greek chorus. Methuen, London 1970
• Sophocles, Philoctetes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1970
• with Arthur Dale Trendall : Illustrations of Greek drama. Phaidon, London 1971
• Potter and patron in classical Athens. Methuen, London 1972
• Athenian culture and society. University of California Press, Berkeley 1973
• An introduction to Menander. Manchester University Press, Manchester 1974

literature

• John H. Betts, James Thomas Hooker , John Richard Green (Eds.): Studies in honor of TBL Webster. 2 volumes, Bristol Classical Press, Bristol 1986–1988. ISBN 0-86292-193-7 . ISBN 0-86292-194-5 .
• Eric Handley : Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster (1905–1974). In: Proceedings of the British Academy 120, 2003, pp. 445-467.

Web links

• Entry on Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)
• William Berg, Mark Edwards, Lionel Pearson, Antony E. Raubitschek : Memorial resolution, TBL Webster (1905–1974) (PDF; 15 kB). In: Stanford Historical Society, Stanford University Faculty Memorials. (Without a date)