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John Herbert Sleeman

1880 – 1963

British classicist

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Lived 1880 – 1963 (aged 82). John Herbert Sleeman was a British classical scholar and university teacher.

John Herbert Sleeman (4 February 1880, Bristol – 4 January 1963, Penzance) was a British classical scholar, co-author of Lexicon Plotinianum.

He was lecturer in Latin at Sheffield University (1909–15); then in Philosophy (1915–18); lecturer in classics at the Royal Holloway College for Women (1918–22); professor of classics at London University (1922–46).

Writings (with Gilbert Pollet) Lexicon Plotinianum. 1980

School editions of classical authors Herodotus I. Clio. Edited with introduction and notes. Cambridge: CUP, 1909 (repr. 2002) Caesar in Britain and Belgium. Simplified text, with introductory, notes, exercises and vocabulary. 1912 Cornelii Taciti De vita Iulii Agricolae, De origine et moribus Germanorum. Cambridge: CUP, 1914 (Pitt Press Series) digitized

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British classicist (1880-1963)

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John Herbert Sleeman was born on 4 February 1880 in Bristol.

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John Herbert Sleeman died on 4 January 1963 in Penzance.

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John Herbert Sleeman was a classical scholar and university teacher.

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