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Bernard Knox

British-American classical scholar (1914–2010)

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Details

Instance of: human
Born: 24 November 1914, 1914
Died: 22 July 2010
Conflict: Spanish Civil War
Place of birth: Bradford
Place of death: Bethesda
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Bernard, MacGregor, Walker
Family name: Knox
Spouse: Bianca Van Orden
Child: MacGregor Knox
Occupation: classical philologist, university teacher, translator
Position held: President of the Society for Classical Studies
Citizenship: United States
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, National Humanities Medal, PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, Jefferson Lecture, Charles Frankel Prize, Wilbur Cross Medal, George Jean Nathan Award
academic degree: doctorate
cause of death: heart failure
educated at: St John's College, Harvard University, Yale University
employer: Harvard University
languages spoken, written or signed: English
manner of death: natural causes
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society for Classical Studies, American Philosophical Society
military branch: International Brigades
military, police or special rank: captain
place of burial: Arlington National Cemetery
residence: Bethesda
writing language: English

Connected on Wikidata

Author of

The heroic temper. Studies in Sophoclean tragedy
Word and action: essays on the ancient theater
The Odyssey
The Iliad

Subject of

Bernard Knox, 95, Classics Scholar, Dies

Parent of

MacGregor Knox

Spouse of

Bianca Van Orden

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