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John Undershell Powell

1865 – 1935

Classical philologist

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Lived 1865 – 1935 (aged 69). John Undershell Powell was a philologist and classical philologist.

John Undershell Powell (4 October 1865 – 23 March 1935 in Oxford) was a British classical scholar, editor of Collectanea Alexandrina, a collection of minor remains of Hellenistic poetry.

Writings Εὐριπίδου Φοίνισσαι / The Phoenissae of Euripides. Edited with introduction and commentary. London: Constable, 1911 digitized (with E.A. Barber) New chapters in the history of Greek literature: Recent discoveries in Greek poetry and prose of the fourth and following centuries B.C.. Edited by J.U. Powell and E.A. Barber. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921 digitized Collectanea Alexandrina: Reliquiae minores poetarum Graecorum aetatis Ptolemaicae 323–146 A.C. epicorum, elegiacorum, lyricorum, ethicorum. Cum epimetris et indice nominum. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925 digitized (with E.A. Barber) New Chapters in the History of Greek Literature. Second Series: Some recent discoveries in Greek poetry and prose, chiefly of the fourth century B.C. and later times. Edited by J.U. Powell and E.A. Barber. Pp. 232. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1929 New chapters in the history of Greek literature. Third series: Some recent discoveries in Greek poetry and prose of the Classical and later periods. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933 digitized

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Fellow of St John's College, Oxford
Also known as
J. U. Powell, John U. Powell

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Who was John Undershell Powell?

classical philologist

When was John Undershell Powell born?

John Undershell Powell was born on 4 October 1865.

When did John Undershell Powell die?

John Undershell Powell died on 23 March 1935 in Oxford.

What was John Undershell Powell's occupation?

John Undershell Powell was a philologist and classical philologist.

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· Wikipedia: John Undershell Powell

· Wikidata: Q59626955

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