Clifford Herschel Moore
Clifford Herschel Moore (1866–1931) was an American Latin scholar.
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| Born | March 11, 1866 Sudbury, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 31, 1931 (aged 65) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Burial place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
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| Occupation | Academic |
| Spouse |
Lorena Leadbetter (m. 1890) |
Biography
Clifford Herschel Moore was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts on March 11, 1866. He married Lorena Leadbetter on July 23, 1890.[1][2]
He was educated at Harvard (A.B., 1889) and in Europe at Munich (Ph.D., 1897). He taught classics in California (1889–92) and Massachusetts, at Phillips Academy in Andover (1892–94).[1][2]
Moore then taught Latin at the University of Chicago (1894–98), and at Harvard from 1898 onward. He was a professor at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, Italy.
Moore edited Frederic de Forest Allen's 1899 edition of Euripides' Medea and his 1902 edition Horace's Odes and Epodes (1902), and wrote the textbooks A First Latin Book (1903) and The Elements of Latin (1906).
He died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on August 31, 1931.[1] He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.[3]
References
- "Death of Prof Clifford H. Moore". The Boston Globe. August 31, 1931. p. 12. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- General Catalogue of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Massachusetts. 1908. p. 9. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Google Books.
- "Funeral of Dean Clifford H. Moore". The Boston Globe. September 2, 1931. p. 5. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Works by Clifford Herschel Moore at Project Gutenberg
- Clifford Herschel Moore at the Database of Classical Scholars