Wallace Martin Lindsay
Wallace Martin Lindsay (born February 12, 1858 in Pittenweem , † February 21, 1937 in St. Andrews ) was a Scottish classical philologist and paleographer .
He studied at the Edinburgh Academy, the University of Glasgow and Balliol College in Oxford and worked from 1880 to 1899 as a fellow and tutor at Jesus College in Oxford. From 1899 until his death, he was Professor of Humanity (i.e. Latin Professor ) at the University of St Andrews . His focus was on Latin linguistics and metrics, Latin comedy and satire, and ancient glossaries. In 1905 he was elected a member ( Fellow ) of the British Academy .
Starting from intensive palaeographic studies, Lindsay dealt intensively with Latin linguistics. His most important works include the monographs The Latin Language (Oxford 1894; German by Hans Nohl: Die lateinische Sprache , Leipzig 1897), Syntax of Plautus (Oxford 1907), Ancient lore in medieval Latin glossaries (Oxford 1921) and Early Latin Verse ( Oxford 1922).
literature
- Herbert Jennings Rose : Wallace Martin Lindsay, 1858-1937 , in: Proceedings of the British Academy , Vol. 23, [Heft 15] (1937), 28 pp.
- Herbert Jennings Rose: Wallace Martin Lindsay: born February 12, 1858, died February 21, 1937 , in: Annual report on the progress of classical antiquity , Vol. 262 (1938), pp. 15–28 = Biographisches Jahrbuch für Altertumskunde , Vol. 58 (1938), pp. 15-28.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wallace Martin Lindsay in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindsay, Wallace Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish classical philologist and paleographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittenweem |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1937 |
| Place of death | St. Andrews (Scotland) |