William Stuart Messer | |
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Died | December 21, 1960 | (aged 78)
Awards | Rome Prize (1922) |
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Discipline | Latin |
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William Stuart Messer (August 19, 1882 – December 21, 1960) was an American classical philologist. [1] [2] He was Daniel Webster Professor of Latin Language and Literature of Dartmouth College. [3]
Messer was born on August 19, 1882, in Washington, D.C., to William Messer and Charlotte Morris Taylor. [4] He received his A.B. from Columbia University in 1905 and Ph.D. in 1917. [1] In 1922, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Padua and an honorary A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1923. [1] Messer received a Rome Prize in 1922. [5]
Messer was the head of the classical department of the Barnard School for Boys. [1] He was an instructor at Columbia from 1911 to 1919, and joined the Dartmouth College faculty in 1919 and was Daniel Webster Professor in 1938 until his retirement in 1951. [1]
Messer died on December 21, 1960, in Beverly, Massachusetts. [2]
William Stuart Messer | |
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Born | |
Died | December 21, 1960 | (aged 78)
Awards | Rome Prize (1922) |
Academic background | |
Education |
|
Academic work | |
Discipline | Latin |
Institutions |
William Stuart Messer (August 19, 1882 – December 21, 1960) was an American classical philologist. [1] [2] He was Daniel Webster Professor of Latin Language and Literature of Dartmouth College. [3]
Messer was born on August 19, 1882, in Washington, D.C., to William Messer and Charlotte Morris Taylor. [4] He received his A.B. from Columbia University in 1905 and Ph.D. in 1917. [1] In 1922, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Padua and an honorary A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1923. [1] Messer received a Rome Prize in 1922. [5]
Messer was the head of the classical department of the Barnard School for Boys. [1] He was an instructor at Columbia from 1911 to 1919, and joined the Dartmouth College faculty in 1919 and was Daniel Webster Professor in 1938 until his retirement in 1951. [1]
Messer died on December 21, 1960, in Beverly, Massachusetts. [2]