Thomas Gaisford

Thomas Gaisford from the Imagines philologorum

Thomas Gaisford (born December 22, 1779 in Iford , Wiltshire ; † June 2, 1855 ) was a British classical scholar who made great contributions to Greek studies .

biography

Thomas Gaisford was educated at Hyde Abbey School in Winchester . In 1797 he began studying at the Christ Church College at the University of Oxford , where he later became a tutor . In 1811 he was appointed to the 26th Regius Professor of Greek , one of the most prestigious chairs for classical philology in the Anglophone world, at Christ Church. No other holder of the chair, including scientists like his successor Benjamin Jowett , Gilbert Murray , Eric Robertson Dodds or Hugh Lloyd-Jonesbelonged to, remained in the chair longer than Gaisford, who held it for 44 years. In 1831 he was rector ( Dean ) of the college, which he remained until his death. In 1843 he and his colleague Joseph Phillimore lost their sons William Gaisford and Richard Phillimore in a swimming accident at Sandford Lock in the Thames . Since 1848 Gaisford was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Gaisford was primarily involved in researching the ancient Greek language , but was also well versed in other sciences such as history , theology and civil law . He edited many ancient writers in the Greek language. As curator of the Bodleian Library and as representative of the management of the university at Oxford University Press , he had a significant influence on the direction of research and kept in contact with international research. He maintained good connections with Immanuel Bekker and Wilhelm Dindorf, among others . In memory of and in recognition of Gaisford's achievements, the Gaisford Prize was launched shortly after his death and has been awarded in two and now three categories since 1857. The winners include John Davidson Beazley and Ronald Syme .

Classic editions

• Hephaestion : Encheiridion (1810)
• Poëtae Graeci minores (1814-1820)
• Johannes Stobaios : Florilegium (1822)
• Herodotus (with commentary, 1824)
• the Suda (1834)
• Eusebius of Caesarea : Praeparatio evangelica (1843)
• Eusebius of Caesarea : Demonstratio evangelica (1852)

Works

Poetae minores graeci , vol. I, 1823

• Εὐριπιδου Ἀλκηστις. Euripidis Alcestis, ex optimis exemplaribus expressa ... , 1806
• Hephæstionis Alexandrini Enchiridion , 1810
• Catalogus sive notitia manuscriptorum qui a cel. ED Clarke ... , 1812 volume 1/2
• Lectiones Platonicae e membranis Bodleianis , 1820
• Poetae graeci minores , 5 full., 2ª ed., Leipzig, 1816–1823: vol.I , vol.II , vol.III / vol. I , vol.II , vol. III , vol. IV
• Ioannou Stobaiou Anthologion , 1822 vol.1 , vol. 2 , vol.3 , vol. 4th
• Notes on Herodotus , 1824 Vol. 1
• . Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historion logoi IX .: Lib I-IV - Historiarum libri IX: codicem sancrofti Manuscriptum denuo contulit reliquam lectionis varietatem commodius digessit , 1824-1839 vol.1 , vol. II , vol. IV
• Scholia in Sophoclis tragoedias septem. E codice MS. Laurentiano descripsit P. Elmsley, ... , 1825
• Ēphastiōnos encheiridion peri metrōn kai poiēmatōn , 1832
• Suidae Lexicon , 1834 vol.1 , vol.3
• Paroemiographi graeci , 1836
• Etymologicum magnum , 1848 *
• Ioannis Stobaei Eclogarum physicarum et ethicarum libri duo ad mss ... , 1850 Volume 2
• Suidae Lexicon, Graece et Latine , 1853 vol.1 , vol.2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fatal Accident ; The Ipswich Journal of July 1, 1843; Retrieved October 26, 2012.

Web links

• Literature by and about Thomas Gaisford in the catalog of the German National Library

predecessor	Office	successor
William Jackson	Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University 1811–1855	Benjamin Jowett

predecessor	Office	successor
Samuel Smith	Rector of the College Christ Church of Oxford University 1831-1855	Henry George Liddell