Charles H. Beeson
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Refimprove Charles Henry Beeson (October 2, 1870[1]–1949) was an American classical scholar. His book A Primer of Medieval Latin: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry (1925) has remained one of the leading texts for learning post-classical Latin. In addition, he was an active researcher and reviewer, especially for the journal Classical Philology. In 1935, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1940.[3]
Biography
Beeson was born in Columbia City, Indiana.[1] In 1893, he received his A.B. in classics from Indiana University.[4] In 1895, he received his A.M. from Indiana. In 1907, he received his Ph.D. from Munich University.[5] While at Indiana University he assisted Carl H. Eigenmann in studies of the fishes of Indiana, and elsewhere, and was the coauthor of a few ichthyological papers, including the Fishes of Indiana,[6] Preliminary note on the relationship of the species usually united under the generic name Sebastodes [7] and Pteropodus dallii sp. nov.[8]
During World War I, he worked in the Military Intelligence Division (MID) Cryptography Department (MI-8).[9]
Publications
Books
- A Primer of Medieval Latin: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Chicago, 1925.
Articles
- The Vocabulary of the Annales Fuldenses, Speculum Vol. 1 (1), Jan. 1926: 31-37
- Isidore's Institutionum Disciplinae and Pliny the Younger, Classical Philology Vol. 8 (1), Jan. 1913: 93-98
- The Text Tradition of Donatus' Commentary on Terence, Classical Philology Vol. 17 (4), Oct. 1922: 283-305
- The Archetype of the Roman Agrimensores, Classical Philology Vol. 23 (1), Jan. 1928: 1-14
- The Manuscript Problem of Vitruvius, Classical Philology Vol. 30 (4) Oct. 1935: 342-347
- The Text History of the Corpus Caesarianum, Classical Philology Vol. 35 (2), Apr. 1940: 113-125
- The Collectaneum of Hadoard, Classical Philology Vol. 40 (4), Oct. 1945: 201-222
- The Manuscripts of Bede, Classical Philology Vol. 42 (2), Apr. 1947: 73-87
- Lupus of Ferrières and Hadoard, Classical Philology Vol. 43 (3) Jul. 1948: 190-191
References
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- ↑ a b BEESON, Charles Henry in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 251; via archive.org
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- 1870 births
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- American classical scholars
- American military personnel of World War I
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Indiana University Bloomington alumni
- People from Columbia City, Indiana
- American classical philologists
- Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America
- Linguists from the United States
- Members of the American Philosophical Society