William Young Sellar
William Young Sellar (born February 22, 1825 Morvich , Sutherlandshire , † October 12, 1890 in Dalry , Dumfries and Galloway ) was a Scottish classical scholar .
Life
After studying at Edinburgh Academy and then Glasgow University , he went to Balliol College, Oxford . He was elected fellow at Oriel College , Oxford, and after assistant professorships at the Universities of Durham , Glasgow and St Andrews , he was appointed full professor of Greek at St Andrews in 1857 . In 1863 he was appointed Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh , where he remained until his death. In 1864 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
Sellar was considered one of the most brilliant classical scholars of his time and was remarkably successful in his endeavors to raise the spirit rather than the letters of Roman literature.
Fonts
- The Roman Poets of the Republic (3rd edition, 1889)
- The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age ( Virgil , 3rd edition, 1897)
- Thrace and the Elegiac Poets (2nd edition by WP Ker, 1899), with a memorandum by Andrew Lang .
literature
- John Knox Laughton: Sellar, William Young . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 51: Scoffin - Sheares. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1897, p. 226 (English).
- Sellar, William Young . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 24 : Sainte-Claire Deville - Shuttle . London 1911, p. 614 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 7, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sellar, William Young |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morvich , Sutherlandshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1890 |
| Place of death | Dalry |