birth_date: 1894-06-07 00:00:00
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name: Aubrey de Sélincourt
about: Aubrey de Sélincourt was an English writer, classical scholar and translator. He was also a keen sailor. He had over 24 books credited to his authorship, but is chiefly remembered for his translations (all for Penguin Classics) of Livy's The Early History of Rome (Books I to V) and The War with Hannibal (Books XXI to XXX), Herodotus's Histories, and Arrian's The Campaigns of Alexander. Aubrey de Sélincourt was an English writer, classical scholar and translator. He was also a keen sailor. He had over 24 books credited to his authorship, but is chiefly remembered for his translations (all for Penguin Classics) of Livy's The Early History of Rome (Books I to V) and The War with Hannibal (Books XXI to XXX), Herodotus's Histories, and Arrian's The Campaigns of Alexander. ...more
death_date: 1962-12-20 00:00:00