Thomas William Allen

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Thomas William Allen (born May 9, 1862 in Camden , London , † April 30, 1950 ) was a British classical philologist ( Graecist ).

Allen was a fellow and tutor at Queen's College , Oxford . He mainly worked on Homer . He wrote the five-volume Homer edition in the Oxford Classical Texts .

Fonts (selection)

  • Notes on Abbreviations in Greek Manuscripts. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1889 digitized version .
  • The Homeric Catalog of Ships. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1921. Digitized .
  • Homer; the origins and the transmission , Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1924

literature

  • Obituary, in: The Times (London), May 1, 1950, p. 8.
  • Nigel Guy Wilson : Allen, Thomas William. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford 2004, ISBN 9780198614111 .

Web links

Wikisource: Thomas William Allen  - Sources and full texts
personal data
SURNAME Allen, Thomas William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British classical philologist (Graecist)
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1950