Margaret Alford, the Glossary
Margaret Alford (5 September 1868 – 29 May 1951) was an English classicist and pioneering academic who achieved a First at Cambridge University in 1887, a time when women were not formally awarded degrees.[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: A Greek–English Lexicon, Bedford College, London, Charles James Lyall, Cicero, Dorothy Banks, Erasmus, Geoffrey Hugo Lampe, Girton College, Cambridge, John Percival Postgate, Leavenheath, Livy, Newnham College, Cambridge, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Paddington, Punch (magazine), Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, Tacitus, The Times, University of Cambridge.
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A Greek–English Lexicon
A Greek–English Lexicon, often referred to as Liddell & Scott or Liddell–Scott–Jones (LSJ), is a standard lexicographical work of the Ancient Greek language originally edited by Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones, and Roderick McKenzie and published in 1843 by the Oxford University Press.
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Bedford College, London
Bedford College was founded in London in 1849 as the first higher education college for women in the United Kingdom.
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Charles James Lyall
Sir Charles James Lyall (9 March 1845 – 1 September 1920) was a British Arabic scholar, and civil servant working in India during the period of the British Raj.
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Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.
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Dorothy Banks
Dorothy Banks (née Alford, 1865 – 1937) was an English naturalist and shell-collector who was one of the originators of Hergest Croft Garden, Kington.
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Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.
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Geoffrey Hugo Lampe
Geoffrey William Hugo Lampe (13 August 1912 – 5 August 1980) was a British theologian and Anglican priest who dedicated his life to theological teaching and research.
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Girton College, Cambridge
Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
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John Percival Postgate
John Percival Postgate, FBA (24 October 1853 – 15 July 1926) was an English classicist and academic. Margaret Alford and John Percival Postgate are English classical scholars and scholars of Latin literature.
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Leavenheath
Leavenheath is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, close to the Essex border.
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Livy
Titus Livius (59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian.
Newnham College, Cambridge
Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
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Oxford Latin Dictionary
The Oxford Latin Dictionary (or OLD) is the standard English lexicon of Classical Latin, compiled from sources written before AD 200.
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Paddington
Paddington is an area in the City of Westminster, in central London, England.
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Punch (magazine)
Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells.
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The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, known as the Hellenic Society, was founded in 1879 to advance the study of Greek language, literature, history, art and archaeology in the Ancient, Byzantine and Modern periods.
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Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (–), was a Roman historian and politician.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.
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See also
People from Suffolk (before 1974)
- Anne Sadleir
- Bertram Cubitt
- Charles Goodall (physician)
- Edward Ward (cricketer)
- Harriet Anne Thiselton-Dyer
- James Hanway Plumridge
- James Worts
- Jessie Pope
- John Mills
- Margaret Alford
- Martin Tinley
- Robert Curson
- Samuel Cornell Plant
- Thomas Howes (cleric)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Alford
Also known as Miss Margaret Alford.