| History of Classical Scholarship: A Biographical Dictionary Contributor(s): Kuhlmann, Peter (Editor), Schneider, Helmuth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004245936 ISBN-13: 9789004245938 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $384.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - History | Ancient - General - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology |
| Dewey: 480 |
| Series: Brill's New Pauly - Supplements |
| Physical Information: 2.4" H x 7" W x 10.9" (4.20 lbs) 812 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This compendium gives a comprehensive overview of the history of classical studies. Alphabetically arranged, it provides biographies of over 700 scholars from the fourteenth century onwards who have made their mark on the study of Antiquity. These include the lives, careers and works of classical philologists, archaeologists, ancient historians, students of epigraphy, numismatics, papyrology, Egyptology and the Ancient Near East, philosophers, anthropologists, social scientists, art historians, collectors and writers. The biographies put the scholars in their social, political and cultural contexts while focusing on their scholarly achievements and their contributions to modern classical scholarship |
