A. S. F. Gow
Author
1886 – 1978
Who was A. S. F. Gow?
Andrew Sydenham Farrar Gow was a classical scholar at Cambridge University specialising in poetry.
He was primarily associated with Trinity College, being a fellow of it from 1911 on, interrupted only by a period as Assistant Master of Eton College, 1914-1925. He was the Brereton Reader in Classics from 1947 to 1951.
Gow's notable work includes editions of Theocritus, Machon, and the Greek Anthology. He was closely associated with A. E. Housman, and was a friend of A. F. Scholfield, a classical scholar who was Librarian of Cambridge University Library. While at Eton, Gow was George Orwell's tutor. Orwell consulted him in 1927 when he was planning to become a writer and maintained contact with him.
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- Born
- Aug 27, 1886
- Also known as
- Andrew Sydenham Farrar Gow
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- Died
- Feb 2, 1978
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on July 23, 2013
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