Francis R. B. Godolphin
American classical philologist
About Francis R. B. Godolphin
Lived 1903 – 1974 (aged 71). Francis R. B. Godolphin was an American classical philologist and university teacher.
Francis R. B. Godolphin (April 8, 1903 - December 29, 1974) was an American classicist and educator. He used the nickname "Frisco" with friends.
He was born in 1903 in Del Rio, Texas. He attended Princeton University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1924. He received an M.A. from New York University in 1926. He returned to Princeton for doctoral study and received his Ph.D. in 1929. The Latin Poets (1949), and Great Classical Myths (1964).
He retired from Princeton in 1970 and died in Tucson, Arizona in 1974.
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American classical philologist
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Francis R. B. Godolphin was born on 8 April 1903 in Del Rio.
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Francis R. B. Godolphin died on 29 December 1974 in Tucson.
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Francis R. B. Godolphin was a classical philologist and university teacher.
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Francis R. B. Godolphin was American.
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