Arthur Woollgar Verrall
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1851 – 1912
Who was Arthur Woollgar Verrall?
Arthur Woollgar Verrall was a British classics scholar associated with Trinity College, Cambridge, and the first occupant of the King Edward VII Chair of English. He was noted for his translations and for his challenging, unorthodox interpretations of the Greek dramatists, such as his commentary on Agamemnon; his detractors found his readings contorted and too ingenious, too often overlooking obvious explanations in favour of the convoluted, and his published work is nowadays not highly regarded. After his death, admirers M. A. Bayfield and J. D. Duff edited Verrall's Collected Literary Essays. Classical and Modern and Collected Essays in Greek and Latin Scholarship 1914. Among his publications, Euripides the Rationalist was highly influential. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles, a secret society, from 1871.
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- Born
- Feb 5, 1851
- Also known as
- A. W. Verrall
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Wellington College, Berkshire
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Twyford School
- Died
- Jun 18, 1912
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on July 23, 2013
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