Reginald Hackforth
Reginald Hackforth FBA (17 August 1887 – 6 May 1957[1]) was an English classical scholar, known mainly for his work on Plato, and from 1939 to 1952 was the second Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University.
Life[]
Early life[]
Hackforth was born in London. After attending Westminster, Hackforth went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1907, graduating in 1909 with first class honours in both parts of the classical tripos. He was John Stewart of Rannoch Scholar in 1907, Davies scholar in 1908 and won the Chancellor's Medal in 1909.[2]
Academic career[]
After a brief period lecturing at the University of Manchester (1910–12), Hackforth returned to Cambridge as a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College in 1912, a position he held for the remainder of his life.[2] For many years he served as editor of the Classical Quarterly, winning the respect and friendship of J. D. Denniston and A. E. Housman.[3]
Hackforth produced two chapters for the Cambridge Ancient History on the history of Sicily in part of the fifth and fourth centuries BC, which utilised his interpretation of the literary evidence of Pindar, Bacchylides and the Epistles of Plato.[4]
Hackforth was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1946.[5]
Personal[]
Hackforth was the younger son of J.P. Hackforth.[2] In 1922 he married Lily Mines, daughter of H.R. Mines, H.M. Inspector of Schools,[6] who was buried with him in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge after her own death in 1975.
Hackforth's Cambridge address was 4 Selwyn Gardens.[6] He died in Cambridge, aged 69.
Publications[]
- The Authorship of the Platonic Epistles, Manchester 1913
- The composition of Plato's Apology, Cambridge 1933
- Plato's examination of pleasure: a translation of the Philebus with an introduction and commentary, Cambridge 1945
- Plato's Phaedrus: translated with an introduction and commentary, Cambridge 1952
- Plato's Phaedo: translated with an introduction and commentary, Cambridge 1955
References[]
- ^ Catologus Philogorum Classicorum 1880-1980
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Obituary in The Times 7 May 1957
- ^ Donald Struan Robertson in The Times 13 May 1957
- ^ Frank Adcock in The Times 9 May 1957
- ^ British Academy Fellowship entry
- ^ Jump up to: a b Who Was Who, London : A. & C. Black, 3rd ed., 1967, p. 466
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