John Carew Rolfe

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1859 – 1943

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Who was John Carew Rolfe?

John Carew Rolfe, Ph.D. was an American classical scholar, the son of William J. Rolfe.

He graduated from Harvard University in 1881 and from Cornell University in 1885.

He taught at Cornell, at Harvard, at the University of Michigan, and at the University of Pennsylvania.

He was professor from 1907-1908 at the American School of Classical Studies and at the American Academy in Rome from 1923-1924. He continued to serve at the Academy until 1940. In 1910-1911, he was president of the American Philological Association.

He translated many Latin authors, especially historians, for the Loeb Classical Library: Ammianus Marcellinus, Cornelius Nepos, Aulus Gellius, Quintus Curtius, Sallust, and Suetonius.

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Born
1859
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Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Cornell University
  • Harvard University
Employment
  • Harvard University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Cornell University
Died
1943

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on July 23, 2013

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