D. R. Shackleton Bailey

D. R. Shackleton Bailey
FBA
Born
David Roy Shackleton Bailey

(1917-12-10)10 December 1917
Died28 November 2005(2005-11-28) (aged 87)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationClassical scholar
Years active1944–2005
Spouses
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    (m. 1967; div. 1975)​
  • Kristine Zvirbulis
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    (m. 1994)​

David Roy Shackleton Bailey FBA (10 December 1917 – 28 November 2005) was a British scholar of Latin literature (particularly in the field of textual criticism) who spent his academic life teaching at the University of Cambridge, the University of Michigan, and Harvard. He is best known for his work on Horace (editing his complete works for the Teubner series), and Cicero, especially his commentaries and translations of Cicero's letters.[1]

  1. ^ "Professor D. R. Shackleton Bailey Latin scholar whose edition of Cicero's letters is a monument of 20th-century classical scholarship" The Independent Wednesday 4 January 2006 [1]