Ainsworth O’Brien Moore

Ainsworth O’Brien-Moore (June 7, 1897 – December 31, 1936) was an American classical philologist.

Biography The brother of actress Erin O'Brien-Moore,

O'Brien-Moore's scholarship covered different areas of Roman literature and culture. As a graduate student he collaborated with his supervisor David Magie in editing and translating the Scriptores Historiae Augustae for the Loeb Classical Library. His thesis was an examination of the phenomenon of insanity as it was perceived and described by ancient Greek and Roman authors. While being limited to canon authors without taking in account parodistic or medical treatises, his work was an enormous effort and advanced knowledge of this field significantly. In Germany it was praised by the classicist and religious studies scholar Otto Weinreich. As an expert on various aspects of Roman culture, Moore was invited by Wilhelm Kroll to write articles for the internationally renowned Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft on the Roman Senate and the Senatus consultum.

He was life member of the American Philological Association (since 1923).

Select publications Together with David Magie: Scriptores Historiae Augustae. 3 volumes, Cambridge/London 1921/1924/1932 (Loeb Classical Library) Madness in Ancient Literature. Weimar 1924 (Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University) Senatus. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Suppl. VI, Stuttgart 1935, col. 660–800 (translated by Ruth Keimer and Wilhelm Kroll). Senatus consultum. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Suppl. VI, Stuttgart 1935, col. 800–812 (translated by Ruth Keimer and Wilhelm Kroll). M. Tullius Cratippus, Priest of Rome. In: Yale Classical Studies. Vol. 8 (1942), p. 23–50