William Warde Fowler
William Warde Fowler (born May 16, 1847 in Langford Budville , Somerset , † June 15, 1921 in Kingham , Oxfordshire ) was a British ancient historian .
Life
Fowler attended Marlborough College and studied classical philology at Lincoln College of Oxford University , where he graduated as the Best in 1870 literae humaniores made. In 1872 he became a fellow at Lincoln College. From 1884 to 1904 he was sub-rector of the college under William Walter Merry . In 1909/10 he was a Gifford Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh .
He is best known for his book, Roman Festivals in the Period of the Republic, and other works on Roman religion and history. As a classical philologist, he dealt with Virgil and published partial translations of the Aeneid.
Fowler also worked as an amateur ornithologist . Julian Huxley compared his Kingham Old and New with the Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (which Fowler reissued in 1901). He published in The Zoologist , for example, in 1906 his long-term observations of the Marsh Warbler .
Fonts (selection)
- Ancient historical writings
- Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system, New York: Putnam 1892, Archive
- The city-state of the Greeks and Romans; a survey, introductory to the study of ancient history, Macmillan 1893, Archive
- Study of a Typical Mediaeval Village, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 9, 1895, pp. 151-174
- Roman Festivals of the period of the Republic, Macmillan 1899, Archive
- The religious experience of the Roman people: from the earliest times to the age of Augustus, London: Macmillan 1911 (Gifford Lectures), Archive
- Social life at Rome in the age of Cicero, London: Macmillan 1909, Archives
- Rome, New York: Henry Holt 1912, Archives
- Roman ideas of deity in the last century before the Christian era, Macmillan 1914, Archive
- Roman Essays and Interpretations, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1920, Archives
- Essays in Brief for War Time 1916
- Ornithological and scientific writings
- A year with the birds, 1886 (published anonymously), Archive
- Tales of the Birds 1888
- Summer studies of birds and books 1895
- More Tales of the Birds, Macmillan 1902, Archives
- Kingham Old and New. Studies in a rural parish, Oxford, Blackwell 1913, Archives
literature
- Julian S. Huxley : W. Warde Fowler . In: British Birds Volume 15, pp. 143f. ( Digitized version ).
- Encyclopedia Britannica 1911, online
Web links
Literature by and about William Warde Fowler in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fowler, William Warde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British ancient historian, classical philologist and amateur ornithologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langford Budville , Somerset |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1921 |
| Place of death | Kingham , Oxfordshire |