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Arthur Palmer (1841–1897) was a Canadian-Irish classical scholar. LifeBorn at Guelph, Ontario, Canada, on 14 September 1841, he was the sixth child of Arthur Palmer, archdeacon of Toronto, by his first wife, Hester Madeline Crawford. He was educated, first by his father, then at Guelph grammar school, under the Rev. Edward Stewart. After about four years there he left, in 1856. [1]In 1857 Palmer went to Cheltenham College in England, where he remained less than a year; the headmaster at the time was Arthur Dobson. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1859, and was elected to its Scholarship in 1861. In 1863, he obtained a B.A. as Senior Moderator and Gold Medallist in classics, as well as a Junior Moderator and Silver Medallist in experimental and natural science. In 1867 he was elected a fellow, and was admitted to M.A., and in 1880 succeeded Robert Yelverton Tyrrell in the chair of Latin. In 1888 he succeeded Thomas Ebenezer Webb as public orator. He was Litt.D. of his own university, and honorary LL.D. of Glasgow (1890) and D.C.L. of Oxford (1894).[1] From 1867 to 1880 Palmer was a college tutor, and for some years he captained a team of old university cricketers, the Stoics. During the last ten years of his life he suffered from bladder disease, dying of cancer on 14 December 1897.[1] WorksPalmer's contributions to classical scholarship were mainly emendations of Latin and Greek texts. His published works were:[1]
Palmer also worked on Aristophanes, and contributed to the text of the editio princeps of Bacchylides (1897), and first edition of Herondas (1891). He also contributed articles to Hermathena, the Journal of Philology, Classical Review, and other periodicals.[1] FamilyOn 4 October 1879 Palmer married Frances Greene of Clevedon.They had two sons: Arthur, born on 13 May 1881, and Uther, born on 20 April 1892.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Palmer, Arthur (1841-1897)|volume=3}} Attribution{{DNBSupp|wstitle=Palmer, Arthur (1841-1897)|volume=3}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Arthur}} 9 : 1841 births|1897 deaths|Canadian classical scholars|Irish classical scholars|People from Guelph|Alumni of Trinity College Dublin|Classical scholars of Trinity College Dublin|Scholars of Latin literature|Scholars of ancient Greek literature |
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