Brigadier Powell: Herodotus translation, 1932-01 - 1952-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/6/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on the publication and with readers of JEP's translation of Herodotus, mainly with representatives of the Clarendon Press, including Daniel Davin, [Sir] Peter Spicer, Kenneth Sisam and William Hogarth. Other correspondents include: Bertrand Hemmerdinger, on subjects including using JEP's collection of Thucydides manuscripts (12); Guy Griffith [Lecturer in Classics, University of Cambridge] (2); Thomas Webster [Professor of Greek, University College, London] (2); P M [Paul Maas] (17); Michael Strachan; Gerard Hopkins, Publicity Manager of Oxford University Press (2); Emile Rieu, Editor of the Penguin Classics, and Managing Director of Methuen and Company Limited, publishers (3); Donald Robertson [Regius Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge] (2); Sir John Murray [Senior Director of John Murray, publishers]; Basil Blackwell [Chairman of B H Blackwell Limited] (4).
Also includes: typescript story from Herodotus, attributed to A E Housman; list of [?] footnotes for the Herodotus edition in Greek; plan for an edition of Plutarch's Life of Alexander.
Also includes: typescript story from Herodotus, attributed to A E Housman; list of [?] footnotes for the Herodotus edition in Greek; plan for an edition of Plutarch's Life of Alexander.
Dates
- 1932-01 - 1952-03
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2002-05-08 13:47:39+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk
