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Arthur Palmer (scholar)

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250: 31:, Canada, on 14 September 1841, he was the sixth child of Arthur Palmer, archdeacon of Toronto, by his first wife, Hester Madeline Crawford. He was educated, first by his father, then at Guelph grammar school, under the Rev. Edward Stewart. After about four years there he left, in 1856. 46:
in 1861. In 1863, he obtained a B.A. as Senior Moderator and Gold Medallist in classics, as well as a Junior Moderator and Silver Medallist in experimental and natural science. In 1867 he was elected a fellow, and was admitted to M.A., and in 1880 succeeded
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From 1867 to 1880 Palmer was a college tutor, and for some years he captained a team of old university cricketers, the Stoics. During the last ten years of his life he suffered from bladder disease, dying of cancer on 14 December 1897.
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Palmer's contributions to classical scholarship were mainly emendations of Latin and Greek texts. His published works were:
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as public orator. He was Litt.D. of his own university, and honorary LL.D. of Glasgow (1890) and D.C.L. of Oxford (1894).
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of Ovid, 1874; new edit, (revised and enlarged, with the transl. of Planudes), 1898, Clarendon Press Ser.
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in England, where he remained less than a year; the headmaster at the time was Arthur Dobson. He entered
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Aeneidea, or Critical, Exegetical, and Aesthetical Remarks on the Aeneis
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Records of the Tercentenary Festival of the Dublin University
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completed the editorial work for the final volumes of
19:(1841–1897) was a Canadian-Irish classical scholar. 172:On 4 October 1879 Palmer married Frances Greene of 278: 273:. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 220:. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 307:Classical scholars of Trinity College Dublin 51:in the chair of Latin. In 1888 he succeeded 152:(1891). He also contributed articles to 279: 230: 108:in Macmillan's Parnassus Series, 1896. 199: 197: 195: 193: 191: 189: 138:, and contributed to the text of the 317:Scholars of ancient Greek literature 258: 203: 13: 210:"Palmer, Arthur (1841-1897)"  186: 42:, in 1859, and was elected to its 14: 333: 297:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 269:Dictionary of National Biography 248: 216:Dictionary of National Biography 224: 1: 148:(1897), and first edition of 322:Scholars of Latin literature 7: 302:Canadian classical scholars 124:, a detailed commentary on 10: 338: 264:Palmer, Arthur (1841-1897) 167: 164:, and other periodicals. 86:of Horace, London, 1883; 312:Irish classical scholars 179: 62: 49:Robert Yelverton Tyrrell 40:Trinity College, Dublin 34:In 1857 Palmer went to 22: 158:Journal of Philology 80:of Propertius, 1880. 53:Thomas Ebenezer Webb 114:Louis Claude Purser 36:Cheltenham College 96:of Plautus, 1888. 329: 274: 271:(1st supplement) 252: 251: 237: 236: 228: 222: 221: 218:(1st supplement) 212: 201: 162:Classical Review 337: 336: 332: 331: 330: 328: 327: 326: 277: 276: 262:, ed. (1901). " 249: 241: 240: 231:Virgil (1889). 229: 225: 202: 187: 182: 170: 141:editio princeps 65: 29:Guelph, Ontario 25: 12: 11: 5: 335: 325: 324: 319: 314: 309: 304: 299: 294: 289: 239: 238: 223: 207:, ed. (1901). 184: 183: 181: 178: 169: 166: 110: 109: 103: 97: 91: 81: 75: 64: 61: 24: 21: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 334: 323: 320: 318: 315: 313: 310: 308: 305: 303: 300: 298: 295: 293: 290: 288: 285: 284: 282: 275: 272: 270: 265: 261: 256: 255:public domain 246: 245: 234: 227: 219: 217: 211: 206: 200: 198: 196: 194: 192: 190: 185: 177: 175: 165: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 143: 142: 137: 133: 132: 127: 123: 119: 115: 107: 104: 101: 98: 95: 92: 89: 85: 82: 79: 76: 73: 70: 69: 68: 60: 56: 54: 50: 45: 41: 37: 32: 30: 20: 18: 17:Arthur Palmer 267: 247: 243: 242: 232: 226: 214: 171: 161: 157: 153: 139: 136:Aristophanes 129: 121: 111: 105: 99: 93: 83: 77: 71: 66: 57: 33: 26: 16: 15: 292:1897 deaths 287:1841 births 260:Lee, Sidney 244:Attribution 205:Lee, Sidney 146:Bacchylides 118:James Henry 112:Palmer and 44:Scholarship 281:Categories 154:Hermathena 94:Amphitruo 88:5th edit. 174:Clevedon 150:Herondas 122:Aeneidea 106:Catullus 72:Heroides 27:Born at 257::  102:, 1892. 84:Satires 78:Elegies 168:Family 156:, the 131:Aeneid 126:Virgil 180:Notes 90:1893. 63:Works 23:Life 266:". 144:of 128:’s 120:’s 283:: 213:. 188:^ 160:,

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Guelph, Ontario
Cheltenham College
Trinity College, Dublin
Scholarship
Robert Yelverton Tyrrell
Thomas Ebenezer Webb
5th edit.
Louis Claude Purser
James Henry
Virgil
Aeneid
Aristophanes
editio princeps
Bacchylides
Herondas
Clevedon






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