Philip Sherrard

Philip Sherrard
BornPhilip Owen Arnould Sherrard
(1922-09-23)23 September 1922
Oxford, England
Died30 May 1995(1995-05-30) (aged 72)
London, England
OccupationAuthor, translator, theologian
NationalityBritish
EducationDauntsey's School, Wiltshire
Alma materPeterhouse College, Cambridge; King's College, London
SubjectModern Greek studies, Orthodox Christianity, the environment
Notable worksThe Greek East and the Latin West
The Rape of Man and Nature
The Marble Threshing Floor
SpousesAnna Mirodia
Denise Harvey
Children2 daughters

Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard (23 September 1922 – 30 May 1995)[1] was a British author and translator. His work includes translations of Modern Greek poets, and books on Modern Greek literature and culture, metaphysics, theology, art and aesthetics. In England he was influential in making major Greek poets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries known. Sherrard was a practising Eastern Orthodox Christian and was responsible, along with Kallistos Ware and G. E. H. Palmer, for the first full translation of the Philokalia into English. He also wrote prolifically on theological and philosophical themes, describing what he believed to be a social and spiritual crisis occurring in the developed world, specifically modern attitudes towards the biophysical environment from a Christian and perennialist perspective.

  1. ^ Juliet de Boulay (8 June 1995). "Philip Sherrard: Athos alliance". The Guardian. p. 15.