Wendell Vernon Clausen
Wendell Vernon Clausen (born April 2, 1923 in Coquille , Oregon , † October 12, 2006 in Belmont , Massachusetts ) was an American classical philologist .
Life
Wendell Vernon Clausen studied Classical and English Philology at the University of Washington and received his Bachelor's degree in 1945 . He completed his graduate studies at the University of Chicago , where he concentrated on the ancient sciences. After completing his master's degree, he worked on his doctoral thesis, which he completed in 1948 as a Ph.D. received his doctorate . In 1963 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Clausen got his first job at Amherst College , where he taught from 1948 to 1959. From 1959 he was Professor of Greek and Latin at Harvard University , from 1982 Victor S. Thomas Professor of Greek and Latin , from 1988 Pope Professor of Greek and Latin until his retirement (1993). In addition, he was Professor of Comparative Literature from 1984 to 1993 . At the University of California at Berkeley he was Sather Professor in 1981/1982 . Clausen died in October 2006 of complications from a stroke he suffered in August 2005.
Clausen's research focus was classical Latin poetry, on which he wrote critical editions, commentaries and accompanying essays and monographs.
Fonts (selection)
- Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires .
- Erchanberti Frisingensis Tractatus super Donatum . Chicago 1948 (dissertation)
- A. Persi Flacci Saturarum liber: accedit vita . Oxford 1956
- A. Persi Flacci et D. June Iuvenalis Saturae edidit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit WV Clausen . Oxford 1959
- with Francis Richard David Goodyear , Edward J. Kenney , John A. Richmond : Appendix Vergiliana recognoverunt et adnotatione critica instruxerunt . Oxford 1967
- with Edward J. Kenney: The Cambridge History of Classical Literature. Vol. 2: Latin literature . Cambridge 1982
- Virgil's Aeneid and the Tradition of Hellenistic Poetry . Berkeley / Los Angeles 1987, ISBN 0-520-05791-0 ( Sather Classical Lectures 51)
- A Commentary on Virgil, Eclogues . New York 1994, ISBN 0-19-814916-6 .
- Virgil's “Aeneid”: Decorum, Allusion and Ideology . Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-77711-6 ( contributions to antiquity 162)
- with James EG Zetzel : Commentum Cornuti in Persium recognoverunt et adnotatione critica instruxerunt . Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-71578-1 .
Web links
- Entry on Wendell Vernon Clausen in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)
- Literature by and about Wendell Vernon Clausen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary for Wendell Vernon Clausen in the Harvard Gazette (English)
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SURNAME | Clausen, Wendell Vernon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clausen, Wendell |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical philologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Coquille , Oregon |
DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 2006 |
Place of death | Belmont , Massachusetts |