Benjamin Oliver Foster (1872–1938) was an American classical philologist and professor at Stanford University.[1] He is known for his translation of the first five volumes of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (Books 1–22) for the Loeb Classical Library.[1]
B. O. Foster | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 13, 1872 Bangor, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | June 22, 1938 (aged 65) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Katharine Elizabeth Dohan
(m. 1938) |
Personal life edit
He married Anna Lee on June 3, 1902.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Chambers, Mortimer. "Foster, Benjamin Oliver". Database of Classical Scholars. Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.
Bibliography edit
- Chambers, Mortimer (1994). "Foster, Benjamin Oliver". In Ward, W. Briggs (ed.). Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-313245-60-2.
- Foster, B. O. (1919). Livy I: Books I and II. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.