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Sir '''John Tresidder Sheppard''' [[MBE]] ({{birth date|1881|11|7}}–{{death date|1968|5|7}}) was an eminent classicist and the first non-[[Etonian]] to become the Provost of [[King's College, Cambridge]].<ref name="GG 88"/>
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'''Sir John Tresidder Sheppard''', [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] ({{birth date|1881|11|7|df=y}} – {{death date|1968|5|7|df=y}}) was an eminent classicist and the first non-[[Etonian]] to become the provost of [[King's College, Cambridge]].<ref name="GG 88"/>


==Early life==
==Early life==
John Sheppard was educated at [[Dulwich College]].<ref name="GG 88">Hodges, S, (1981), ''God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College'', pages 88, (Heinemann: London)</ref> He went up to [[King's College, Cambridge]] where he studied Classics.
John Sheppard was educated at [[Dulwich College]].<ref name="GG 88">Hodges, S, (1981), ''God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College'', pages 88, (Heinemann: London)</ref> He went up to [[King's College, Cambridge]], where he studied Classics and won the [[Porson Prize]].


==Career==
==Career==
He was a lecturer in classics at [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]] of [[Cambridge University]] from 1908–1933 and was provost from 1933–1954. During the Second World War he performed intelligence work, for which he was appointed [[MBE]]; he was knighted in 1950 for his services to Greek. During his long career he translated many famous Greek classics, and published several books on the subject, including ''The Pattern of the Iliad'', ''Greek Tragedy'', and ''Aeschylus & Sophocles: Their Work and Influence''.
He was a lecturer in classics at [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]] of [[Cambridge University]] from 1908 to 1933 and was provost from 1933 to 1954. During the Second World War, he performed intelligence work, for which he was appointed [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]]; he was knighted in 1950 for his services to Greek. During his long career, he translated many famous Greek classics, and published several books on the subject, including ''The Pattern of the Iliad'', ''Greek Tragedy'', and ''Aeschylus & Sophocles: Their Work and Influence''.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
John Sheppard was openly homosexual.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Mask of Treachery|first=John|last=Costello|publisher=Collins|year=1998|isbn=0-00-217536-3|page=359|quote=Cambridge boasted the flamboyant homosexual John Tresidder Sheppard of King's…}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses|first=Noel|last=Annan|authorlink=Noel Annan|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2001|isbn=0-226-02108-4|page=115|quote=Sheppard, when a young fellow…went about proclaiming his infatuation with various handsome young men and tried to convince [[Lytton Strachey]] that to fall for a philistine was not necessarily evidence of a bad state of mind.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=A history of homosexuality in Europe: Berlin, London, Paris, 1919–1939|last=Tamagne|first=Florence|publisher=Algora Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-87586-252-7|page=173}}</ref>
John Sheppard was openly homosexual.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Mask of Treachery|first=John|last=Costello|publisher=Collins|year=1998|isbn=0-00-217536-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/maskoftreacheryt00cost_0/page/359 359]|quote=Cambridge boasted the flamboyant homosexual John Tresidder Sheppard of King's…|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/maskoftreacheryt00cost_0/page/359}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses|first=Noel|last=Annan|authorlink=Noel Annan|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2001|isbn=0-226-02108-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780226021072/page/115 115]|quote=Sheppard, when a young fellow…went about proclaiming his infatuation with various handsome young men and tried to convince [[Lytton Strachey]] that to fall for a philistine was not necessarily evidence of a bad state of mind.|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780226021072/page/115}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=A history of homosexuality in Europe: Berlin, London, Paris, 1919–1939|last=Tamagne|first=Florence|publisher=Algora Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-87586-252-7|page=173}}</ref> He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[1950 Birthday Honours|1950 King's Birthday Honours List]].

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=John Tresidder Sheppard |sopt=t}}


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Latest revision as of 07:51, 17 September 2024

Sir John Tresidder Sheppard, MBE ((1881-11-07)7 November 1881 – (1968-05-07)7 May 1968) was an eminent classicist and the first non-Etonian to become the provost of King's College, Cambridge.[1]

Early life

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John Sheppard was educated at Dulwich College.[1] He went up to King's College, Cambridge, where he studied Classics and won the Porson Prize.

Career

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He was a lecturer in classics at King's College of Cambridge University from 1908 to 1933 and was provost from 1933 to 1954. During the Second World War, he performed intelligence work, for which he was appointed MBE; he was knighted in 1950 for his services to Greek. During his long career, he translated many famous Greek classics, and published several books on the subject, including The Pattern of the Iliad, Greek Tragedy, and Aeschylus & Sophocles: Their Work and Influence.

Personal life

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John Sheppard was openly homosexual.[2][3][4] He was knighted in the 1950 King's Birthday Honours List.

References

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  1. ^ a b Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, pages 88, (Heinemann: London)
  2. ^ Costello, John (1998). The Mask of Treachery. Collins. p. 359. ISBN 0-00-217536-3. Cambridge boasted the flamboyant homosexual John Tresidder Sheppard of King's…
  3. ^ Annan, Noel (2001). The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses. University of Chicago Press. p. 115. ISBN 0-226-02108-4. Sheppard, when a young fellow…went about proclaiming his infatuation with various handsome young men and tried to convince Lytton Strachey that to fall for a philistine was not necessarily evidence of a bad state of mind.
  4. ^ Tamagne, Florence (2004). A history of homosexuality in Europe: Berlin, London, Paris, 1919–1939. Algora Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 0-87586-252-7.
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Preceded by Provost of King's College, Cambridge
1933-1954 		Succeeded by
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