About Eric Otto Winstedt
Lived 1880 – 1955 (aged 74). Eric Otto Winstedt was a British historian, latinist, romologist and translator.
Eric Otto Winstedt (1880, Oxford – January 29, 1955), or more commonly E. O. Winstedt, was a British Latinist and gypsiologist. He translated Latin works to English, e. g. Marcus Tullius Cicero's letters to Atticus and compiled a 'register of Gypsy names' in the 1920s. Early in his career he published several articles on Coptic texts as well as a book with text editions. His brother was Sir Richard Olaf Winstedt.
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British latinist and gypsiologist (1880–1955)
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Eric Otto Winstedt was born on 6 February 1880 in Oxford.
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Eric Otto Winstedt died on 29 January 1955 in Oxford.
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Eric Otto Winstedt was a historian, latinist, romologist and translator.
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