William Cranston Lawton
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1853 – 1941
Who was William Cranston Lawton?
William Cranston Lawton was an American author and educator.
He graduated from Harvard in 1873; studied at Berlin in 1882-83, the year before having been a member of the Assos expedition; from 1895 to 1907 was professor of Greek language and literature in Adelphi College, Brooklyn..
For four years he was the owner and principal of the School of the Lackawanna at Scranton, Pennsylvania. Thereafter he was engaged in literary work and lecturing. He was classical editor of, and the leading contributor to, Warner's Library of the World's Best Literature.
He wrote histories of Greek and Latin literature; and his publications include:
Three Dramas of Euripedes
Art and Humanity in Homer
New England Poets
Successors of Homer
Folia Dispersa; a volume of poems
Ideals in Greek Literature
'Study of American Literature'
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds.. "". New International Encyclopedia. New York: Dodd, Mead.
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- Born
- 1853
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- Scranton
- Died
- 1941
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on July 23, 2013
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