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Rolfe graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1881 and from [[Cornell University]] (Ph.D.) in 1885.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hinsdale|first1=B.A.|title=History of the University of Michigan|date=1906|publisher=University of Michigan|location=Ann Arbor, MI|page=300|hdl=2027/mdp.39015038903319?urlappend=%3Bseq=318 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015038903319?urlappend=%3Bseq=318}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Rolfe taught at [[Cornell University|Cornell]] (1882–1885), at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] (1889–1890), at the [[University of Michigan]], and at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name="AAA">{{cite web | author=| year=2011 | title=Finding Aid | work=American Academy in Rome records, 1855-[ca.1981], (bulk dates 1894-1946) | publisher=[[Archives of American Art]] | url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/american-academy-rome-records-6320/more | accessdate=17 Jun 2011}}</ref> |
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Rolfe was a professor from 1907 to 1908 at the [[American School of Classical Studies]] and at the [[American Academy in Rome]] from 1923 to 1924. He continued to serve at the Academy until 1940.<ref name="AAA"/> He was an elected member of the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=John+C.+Rolfe&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> In 1910–1911, he was [[List of Presidents of the American Philological Association|president of the American Philological Association]]. |
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Rolfe translated many Latin authors, especially historians, for the [[Loeb Classical Library]]: [[Ammianus Marcellinus]], [[Cornelius Nepos]], [[Aulus Gellius]],<ref>{{cite book |translator= Rolfe, John Carew |translator-link= John Carew Rolfe |year= 1927 |title= The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius (Loeb Classical Library) |place= Cambridge, MA & London |publisher= Harvard University Press and William Heinemann |volume= 1 |url=https://archive.org/details/atticnights0001gell/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access= registration |via= [[Internet Archive]]}}; [https://archive.org/details/atticnights0002gell/page/n5/mode/2up volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/atticnights0003gell/page/n7/mode/2up volume 3]</ref> [[Quintus Curtius]], [[Sallust]], and [[Suetonius]]. |
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He was professor from 1907-1908 at the [[American School of Classical Studies]] and at the [[American Academy in Rome]] from 1923-1924. He continued to serve at the Academy until 1940.<ref name="AAA"/> In 1910-1911, he was president of the [[American Philological Association]]. |
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He translated many Latin authors, especially historians, for the [[Loeb Classical Library]]: [[Ammianus Marcellinus]], [[Cornelius Nepos]], [[Aulus Gellius]], [[Quintus Curtius]], [[Sallust]], and [[Suetonius]]. |
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Latest revision as of 06:14, 28 February 2024
John Carew Rolfe | |
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Born | |
Died | March 26, 1943 | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University, BA (1881), Cornell University, PhD (1885) |
Spouse | Alice Griswold Bailey |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Latin |
Institutions | Harvard University, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania |
John Carew Rolfe, Ph.D. (October 15, 1859 in Newburyport, Massachusetts – March 26, 1943) was an American classical scholar, the son of William J. Rolfe.
Rolfe graduated from Harvard University in 1881 and from Cornell University (Ph.D.) in 1885.[1]
Rolfe taught at Cornell (1882–1885), at Harvard (1889–1890), at the University of Michigan, and at the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
Rolfe was a professor from 1907 to 1908 at the American School of Classical Studies and at the American Academy in Rome from 1923 to 1924. He continued to serve at the Academy until 1940.[2] He was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society.[3] In 1910–1911, he was president of the American Philological Association.
Rolfe translated many Latin authors, especially historians, for the Loeb Classical Library: Ammianus Marcellinus, Cornelius Nepos, Aulus Gellius,[4] Quintus Curtius, Sallust, and Suetonius.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hinsdale, B.A. (1906). History of the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan. p. 300. hdl:2027/mdp.39015038903319.
- ^ a b "Finding Aid". American Academy in Rome records, 1855-[ca.1981], (bulk dates 1894-1946). Archives of American Art. 2011. Retrieved 17 Jun 2011.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius (Loeb Classical Library). Vol. 1. Translated by Rolfe, John Carew. Cambridge, MA & London: Harvard University Press and William Heinemann. 1927 – via Internet Archive.; volume 2; volume 3
External links
[edit]- Works by or about John Carew Rolfe at the Internet Archive
- Works by or about John Carew Rolfe at Wikisource
- John Carew Rolfe at the Database of Classical Scholars
- American classical scholars
- American book editors
- Cornell University alumni
- Classical scholars of Cornell University
- Harvard University alumni
- Classical scholars of Harvard University
- Classical scholars of the University of Michigan
- Classical scholars of the University of Pennsylvania
- 1859 births
- 1943 deaths
- People from Newburyport, Massachusetts
- University of Michigan faculty
- Latin–English translators
- 20th-century American translators
- American academic biography stubs
- Members of the American Philosophical Society