George Long | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:George_Long,_Professor_of_Ancient_Languages,_University_of_Virginia.jpg) Portrait of George Long, 1825 | |
| Born | 4 November 1800 Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 10 August 1879 (aged 78) Chichester, West Sussex, England |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Lord Macaulay |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Language, Linguistics, History and Law |
| Sub-discipline | Latin, Greek, Civil Law, Jurisprudence, Roman law |
| Institutions | University College London, Middle Temple, Brighton College, University of Virginia |
George Long (4 November 1800 – 10 August 1879) was an English writer and classical scholar.[1] He is best known for his books Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (1862) and Discourses of Epictetus (1877). Alongside Charles Knight, he was the editor of the Penny Cyclopaedia, and he was widely known throughout England.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 973.