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{{Short description|American classicist (1859–1955)}} |
{{Short description|American classicist (1859–1955)}} |
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[[File:Harold North Fowler (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Fowler in 1880]] |
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'''Harold North Fowler''' (February 25, 1859 - September 29, 1955) was an American classicist and archaeologist. |
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'''Harold North Fowler''' (February 25, 1859 - September 29, 1955) was an American classicist and archaeologist. He was married to [[Mary Blackford Fowler]].<ref name="briggs">{{cite book |last1=American Philological Association |last2=Briggs |first2=Ward W. |title=Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists |date=1994 |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=9780313245602 |pages=193–194 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8-uLxAnngUC&q=harold+north+fowler&pg=PA193 |accessdate=24 February 2020 |chapter=Fowler, Harold North}}</ref> He was also known for his studies of the ''[[diolkos]],'' the means of transporting ships between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf. He was the first student enrolled at the American School at Athens, to which he often returned. He chaired the School's publications committee and wrote and revised the reports on Erectheum. As editor-in-chief of the Corinth publications, he helped resolve the long dispute about the location of the ''diolkos'', showing that it began south of the western mouth of the Gulf of Corinth. Later excavations by the Greek Ministry of National Education supported his findings. He was the original translator of a number of Plato's works for the [[Loeb Classical Library]] collection.<ref name="dcs">{{cite web |title=Fowler, Harold North |url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8706-fowler-harold-north |accessdate=24 February 2020 |website=Database of Classical Scholars |publisher=Rutgers University}}</ref> Fowler also translated Plutarch for the Loeb series and edited a number of school books.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FOWLER, Harold North |url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8706-fowler-harold-north |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=dbcs.rutgers.edu}}</ref> |
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He was the original translator of a number of Plato's works for the [[Loeb Classical Library]] collection.<ref name="dcs">{{cite web |title=Fowler, Harold North |url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8706-fowler-harold-north |accessdate=24 February 2020 |website=Database of Classical Scholars |publisher=Rutgers University}}</ref> Fowler also translated Plutarch for the Loeb series and edited a number of school books.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FOWLER, Harold North |url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8706-fowler-harold-north |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=dbcs.rutgers.edu}}</ref> |
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He was also known for his studies of the ''[[diolkos]],'' the means of transporting ships between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf. He was the first student enrolled at the American School at Athens, to which he often returned. He chaired the School's publications committee and wrote and revised the reports on Erectheum. As editor-in-chief of the Corinth publications, he helped resolve the long dispute about the location of the ''diolkos'', showing that it began south of the western mouth of the Gulf of Corinth. Later excavations by the Greek Ministry of National Education supported his findings. |
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He was married to [[Mary Blackford Fowler]].<ref name="briggs">{{cite book |last1=American Philological Association |last2=Briggs |first2=Ward W. |title=Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists |date=1994 |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=9780313245602 |pages=193–194 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8-uLxAnngUC&q=harold+north+fowler&pg=PA193 |accessdate=24 February 2020 |chapter=Fowler, Harold North}}</ref> |
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Harold North Fowler (February 25, 1859 - September 29, 1955) was an American classicist and archaeologist.
He was the original translator of a number of Plato's works for the Loeb Classical Library collection.[1] Fowler also translated Plutarch for the Loeb series and edited a number of school books.[2]
He was also known for his studies of the diolkos, the means of transporting ships between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf. He was the first student enrolled at the American School at Athens, to which he often returned. He chaired the School's publications committee and wrote and revised the reports on Erectheum. As editor-in-chief of the Corinth publications, he helped resolve the long dispute about the location of the diolkos, showing that it began south of the western mouth of the Gulf of Corinth. Later excavations by the Greek Ministry of National Education supported his findings.
He was married to Mary Blackford Fowler.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fowler, Harold North". Database of Classical Scholars. Rutgers University. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "FOWLER, Harold North". dbcs.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ American Philological Association; Briggs, Ward W. (1994). "Fowler, Harold North". Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood. pp. 193–194. ISBN 9780313245602. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
External links
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Media related to Harold North Fowler at Wikimedia Commons- "Online Books by Harold North Fowler". The Open Books Page. Penn University.
- Harold North Fowler at Find a Grave
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