About G. A. Williamson
Lived 1895 – 1982 (aged 86–87). G. A. Williamson was a British classical philologist, translator and philologist.
Geoffrey Arthur Williamson MC (1895–1982) was an English classicist and was a graduate of Oxford University. He was Senior Classics Master at Norwich School between 1922 and 1960.
Background Williamson was born in 1895.
He was a Classical Exhibitioner at Worcester College, Oxford University, graduating with a first class honours degree.
In 1922 he became the Senior Classics Master at Norwich School and served there until 1960. He also translated Josephus: The Jewish War (1959) and Procopius: The Secret History (1966). In 1969 his edition of the Poems of Catullus was published in The Alpha Classics series by George Bell & Sons.
He was the father of the organ builder Martin Williamson.
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English classicist (1895–1982)
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G. A. Williamson died in 1982.
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G. A. Williamson was a classical philologist, translator and philologist.
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