Life and Letters of Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, O. M., Litt. D.
With a Chapter on Sir Richard Jebb as Scholar and Critic by Dr. A. W. Verrall

A memoir of Sir Richard Jebb (1841–1905), the outstanding classical scholar of the second half of the nineteenth century.

Caroline Jebb (Author), A. W. Verrall (Author)

9781108008952, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 February 2010

512 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.65 kg

Sir Richard Jebb (1841–1905) was the outstanding British classical scholar of the second half of the nineteenth century. This memoir, published by his widow in 1907, gives a rounded picture of the man chiefly remembered today for his editions of the plays of Sophocles, but who was also instrumental in founding the British Schools of Archaeology in Athens and Rome and the British Academy, and who as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge University played a significant part in the politics of his day, especially in educational reform at both school and university level. Extracts from his letters and speeches show the energy and enthusiasm which he brought to his many roles, and a sense of humour which may not be too evident in his published work but was remembered by his students as a feature of the lectures which secured his reputation as a great teacher.

Preface
1. Family history
2. Childhood and school days
3. Undergraduate years
4. Fellowship and college work
5. Diary and letters
6. Letters to C. L. S.
7. Cambridge life and work
8. Marriage
9. British School at Athens
10. Springfield
11. Visit to America
12. Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge
13. The Welsh Church Disestablishment Bill
14. Conference on secondary education
15. Death of Mr Gladstone
16. Re-election
17. British Academy
18. Letters
19. Visit to South Africa
20. The scholar and critic
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]