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Brill's New Pauly history of classical scholarship : a biographical dictionary / edited by Peter Kuhlmann and Helmuth Schneider ; translated and edited by Duncan Smart and Chad M. Schroeder.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Brill's New Pauly. Supplements ; 6.Publication details: Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2014.Description: lxiv, 746 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789004245938
  • 9004245936
Other title:
  • History of classical scholarship [Portion of title]
  • Biographical dictionary
Subject(s): Summary: This compendium gives a comprehensive overview of the history of classical studies. Alphabetically arranged, it provides biographies of over 700 scholars from the fourteenth century onwards who have made their mark on the study of Antiquity. These include the lives, careers and works of classical philologists, archaeologists, ancient historians, students of epigraphy, numismatics, papyrology, Egyptology and the Ancient Near East, philosophers, anthropologists, social scientists, art historians, collectors and writers. The biographies put the scholars in their social, political and cultural contexts while focusing on their scholarly achievements and their contributions to modern classical scholarship.
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Printed Books British School at Rome REF.3E/6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan 201501128993BSR

Includes index.

Originally published in German in 2012.

This compendium gives a comprehensive overview of the history of classical studies. Alphabetically arranged, it provides biographies of over 700 scholars from the fourteenth century onwards who have made their mark on the study of Antiquity. These include the lives, careers and works of classical philologists, archaeologists, ancient historians, students of epigraphy, numismatics, papyrology, Egyptology and the Ancient Near East, philosophers, anthropologists, social scientists, art historians, collectors and writers. The biographies put the scholars in their social, political and cultural contexts while focusing on their scholarly achievements and their contributions to modern classical scholarship.

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