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Bernard Knox | |
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| Born | 24 November 1914 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 22 July 2010 (aged 95) Bethesda, Maryland, United States |
| Occupation | Professor, author |
| Language | English |
| Education | St John's College, Cambridge (BA) Harvard University (MA) Yale University (PhD) |
| Genre | Classics |
| Notable works | The Norton Book of Classical Literature (1993); The Oldest Dead White European Males and Other Reflections on the Classics (1993); Introductions to The Iliad (1991), The Odyssey (1997), and The Aeneid (2006) |
| Notable awards | Jefferson Lecture (1992) |
Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox (November 24, 1914 – July 22, 2010[1]) was an English classicist, author, and critic who became an American citizen. He was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies.[2][3] In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities.[4]
- ^ Wolfgang Saxon, "Bernard Knox, 95, Classics Scholar, Dies", The New York Times, August 16, 2010.
- ^ History of the Center for Hellenic Studies Archived 2018-12-11 at the Wayback Machine at CHS website (retrieved May 26, 2009).
- ^ Bernard Knox author listing at New York Review of Books website (retrieved May 25, 2009).
- ^ Nadine Drozan, "Chronicle", The New York Times, March 9, 1992.