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Charles Henry Beeson (October 2, 1870 [1]–1949) was an American classical scholar. His book A Primer of Medieval Latin: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry (1925) has remained one of the leading texts for learning post-classical Latin. In addition, he was an active researcher and reviewer, especially for the journal Classical Philology. In 1935, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [2] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1940. [3]
Beeson was born in Columbia City, Indiana. [1] In 1893, he received his A.B. in classics from Indiana University. [4] In 1895, he received his A.M. from Indiana. In 1907, he received his Ph.D. from Munich University. [5] While at Indiana University he assisted Carl H. Eigenmann in studies of the fishes of Indiana, and elsewhere, and was the coauthor of a few ichthyological papers, including the Fishes of Indiana, [6] Preliminary note on the relationship of the species usually united under the generic name Sebastodes [7] and Pteropodus dallii sp. nov. [8]
During World War I, he worked in the Military Intelligence Division (MID) Cryptography Department (MI-8). [9]
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Charles Henry Beeson (October 2, 1870 [1]–1949) was an American classical scholar. His book A Primer of Medieval Latin: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry (1925) has remained one of the leading texts for learning post-classical Latin. In addition, he was an active researcher and reviewer, especially for the journal Classical Philology. In 1935, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [2] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1940. [3]
Beeson was born in Columbia City, Indiana. [1] In 1893, he received his A.B. in classics from Indiana University. [4] In 1895, he received his A.M. from Indiana. In 1907, he received his Ph.D. from Munich University. [5] While at Indiana University he assisted Carl H. Eigenmann in studies of the fishes of Indiana, and elsewhere, and was the coauthor of a few ichthyological papers, including the Fishes of Indiana, [6] Preliminary note on the relationship of the species usually united under the generic name Sebastodes [7] and Pteropodus dallii sp. nov. [8]
During World War I, he worked in the Military Intelligence Division (MID) Cryptography Department (MI-8). [9]