American antiquarian and classical scholar (1874–1932)
Wilfred Harvey Schoff (1874–1932) was an early twentieth-century American
antiquarian and
classical scholar.[1]
Career
Schoff was responsible for translating a number of important ancient texts. Among these works was the 1st century CE Greco-Roman Periplus of the Erythraean Sea,[2] as well as the Carthaginian Periplus of Hanno.[3]
Schoff, Wilfred H., The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery Down the
West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C. (Philadelphia:
Commercial Museum, 1912).
Schoff, Wilfred H., The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the
Indian Ocean, by a Merchant of the First century (
New York City et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912)
Schoff, Wilfred H., The descendants of Jacob Schoff who came to
Boston in 1752 and settled in Ashburnham in 1757 : with an account of the German immigration into colonial New England (
Philadelphia : [J. McGarrigle], 1910)
Schoff, Wilfred H. The eastern iron trade of the
Roman empire. ([New Haven], 1915)
Schoff, Wilfred H., The ship "
Tyre"; a symbol of the fate of conquerors as prophesied by
Isaiah,
Ezekiel and
John and fulfilled at
Nineveh,
Babylon and
Rome; a study in the commerce of the
Bible, (
New York City Longmans, Green and co., 1920)
Schoff, Wilfred H., Periplus of the Outer Sea, east and west, and of the great islands therein, by
Marcian of Heraclea,
Philadelphia, 1927.
^Schoff, Wilfred H. (Wilfred Harvey), 1874-1932, ed.: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the
Indian Ocean, by a Merchant of the First Century (New York et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912)
^Schoff, W. H., The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery Down the West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth century BC. (Philadelphia:
Commercial Museum, 1912)
American antiquarian and classical scholar (1874–1932)
Wilfred Harvey Schoff (1874–1932) was an early twentieth-century American
antiquarian and
classical scholar.[1]
Career
Schoff was responsible for translating a number of important ancient texts. Among these works was the 1st century CE Greco-Roman Periplus of the Erythraean Sea,[2] as well as the Carthaginian Periplus of Hanno.[3]
Schoff, Wilfred H., The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery Down the
West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C. (Philadelphia:
Commercial Museum, 1912).
Schoff, Wilfred H., The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the
Indian Ocean, by a Merchant of the First century (
New York City et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912)
Schoff, Wilfred H., The descendants of Jacob Schoff who came to
Boston in 1752 and settled in Ashburnham in 1757 : with an account of the German immigration into colonial New England (
Philadelphia : [J. McGarrigle], 1910)
Schoff, Wilfred H. The eastern iron trade of the
Roman empire. ([New Haven], 1915)
Schoff, Wilfred H., The ship "
Tyre"; a symbol of the fate of conquerors as prophesied by
Isaiah,
Ezekiel and
John and fulfilled at
Nineveh,
Babylon and
Rome; a study in the commerce of the
Bible, (
New York City Longmans, Green and co., 1920)
Schoff, Wilfred H., Periplus of the Outer Sea, east and west, and of the great islands therein, by
Marcian of Heraclea,
Philadelphia, 1927.
^Schoff, Wilfred H. (Wilfred Harvey), 1874-1932, ed.: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the
Indian Ocean, by a Merchant of the First Century (New York et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912)
^Schoff, W. H., The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery Down the West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth century BC. (Philadelphia:
Commercial Museum, 1912)