birth_date: 1897-02-06 00:00:00
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name: H.D.F. Kitto
about: Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto, FBA was a British classical scholar of Cornish ancestry.He was educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester, and St. John's College, Cambridge. He wrote his doctorate in 1920 at the University of Bristol. He became a lecturer in Greek at the University of Glasgow from 1920 to 1944. On that year, he returned to the University of Bristol where he became Professor of Greek and emeritus in 1962. He concentrated on studies of Greek tragedy, especially translations of the works of Sophocles.After his retirement, he taught at College Year in Athens (CYA), a study abroad program for foreign students in Athens, Greece. Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto, FBA was a British classical scholar of Cornish ancestry.He was educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester, and St. John's College, Cambridge. He wrote his doctorate in 1920 at the University of Bristol. He became a lecturer in Greek at the University of Glasgow from 1920 to 1944. On that year, he returned to the University of Bristol where he became Professor of Greek and emeritus in 1962. He concentrated on studies of Greek tragedy, especially translations of the works of Sophocles.After his retirement, he taught at College Year in Athens (CYA), a study abroad program for foreign students in Athens, Greece. ...more
death_date: 1982-01-21 00:00:00