Harry Mortimer Hubbell

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Harry Mortimer Hubbell (30 August 1881 - 24 February 1971) was an American classicist.

Life[]

He was born in Belvue, Kansas on 30 August 1881 to Mortimer Barnett and Hannah Virginia Buzzard. He was married to Alice Pendleton Clark.[1] He died on 24 February 1971.

Career[]

He was a graduate of Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut. He received his BA, MA and PhD from Yale University.[2]

He held a visiting professorship at the University of California Berkeley. He was a Fulbright Fellow and, at Goucher College, one of the first John Hay Whitney Professors.[2]

His main area of research interest was Greek and Latin rhetoric.[2] His dissertation was titled The Influence of Isocrates on Cicero, Dionysius and Aristides.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Association, American Philological (1 January 1994). Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313245602. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Parry, Adam (20 July 1972). Studies in Fifth Century Thought and Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521083058. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Harry Mortimer Hubbell". goodreads.com. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

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