Life and Letters of Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, O. M., Litt. D.: With a Chapter on Sir Richard Jebb as Scholar and Critic by Dr. A. W. Verrall

by Caroline Jebb, A. W. Verrall

Overview

Sir Richard Jebb (1841–1905) was the outstanding British classical scholar of the second half of the nineteenth century. This memoir, published by his widow in 1907, gives a rounded picture of the man chiefly remembered today for his editions of the plays of Sophocles, but who was also instrumental in founding the British Schools of Archaeology in Athens and Rome and the British Academy, and who as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge University played a significant part in the politics of his day, especially in educational reform at both school and university level. Extracts from his letters and speeches show the energy and enthusiasm which he brought to his many roles, and a sense of humour which may not be too evident in his published work but was remembered by his students as a feature of the lectures which secured his reputation as a great teacher.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108008952
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/11/2010
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Family history; 2. Childhood and school days; 3. Undergraduate years; 4. Fellowship and college work; 5. Diary and letters; 6. Letters to C. L. S.; 7. Cambridge life and work; 8. Marriage; 9. British School at Athens; 10. Springfield; 11. Visit to America; 12. Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge; 13. The Welsh Church Disestablishment Bill; 14. Conference on secondary education; 15. Death of Mr Gladstone; 16. Re-election; 17. British Academy; 18. Letters; 19. Visit to South Africa; 20. The scholar and critic; Index.