About Harry Ezekiel Wedeck
Lived 1894 – 1996 (aged 101–102). Harry Ezekiel Wedeck was a classical scholar and writer.
Harry Ezekiel Wedeck (1894 – 8 July 1996) was a British linguist, classical scholar, translator, and writer on the occult, astrology, and aphrodisiacs.
Biography A native of Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK, Wedeck served in India in the British Army during the First World War. He graduated with an M.A. from the University of Edinburgh. He spoke French fluently and studied and travelled in France. Eventually he immigrated to the United States and studied at Teachers College, Columbia University. During the late 1920s he taught Latin at Seward Park High School in Manhattan. For over two decades he taught Latin at Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall High School and from 1935 until (at least) 1950 chaired the high school's department of classical languages. After retirement from Erasmus Hall High School, he taught Greek and Latin classics at Brooklyn College until 1968 and then lectured on medieval studies at The New School for Social Research until 1974. and four grandchildren. 2nd edition, 1938
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British classical scholar (1894–1996)
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