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Richard Ernest Wycherley (18 February 1909 – 26 April 1986),[1] was British a classical archaeologist, specialising in ancient Greece. He attended Queens' College at the University of Cambridge, attaining a bachelor's degree in 1930 and a diploma in classical archaeology in 1931. He was Assistant Lecturer for Classics at the University of Manchester from 1932 to 1937 and later Lecturer until 1945. He was Emeritus Professor of Greek at the University of Wales.
Richard Ernest Wycherley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 February 1909 |
| Died | 26 April 1986 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
He was the author of the Companion Volume to the Loeb Edition of Pausanias, Description of Greece;[2][3] How the Greeks Built Cities; The Athenian Agora III, Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia and The Stones of Athens. He was also co-author with Homer Thompson of The Athenian Agora XIV, The History, Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Center.[4]
Publications edit
- The Stones of Athens, Princeton University Press, 1978.[5]
- How the Greeks built cities, Macmillan, 1976.[6]
- The Agora of Athens: The History, Shape, and Uses of an Ancient City Center with Homer Thompson, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1972.[7]
- Athenian Agora III, Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1957.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Richard Ernest Wycherley – LibraryThing". librarything.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Woodward, A. M. (December 1935). "Cambridge Journals Online - The Classical Review - Abstract - The Loeb Pausanias Pausanias: Description of Greece. With an English translation by W. H. S. Jones. In five volumes. IV: Books VIII(xxii)-X; pp. 605. V: Companion Volume, prepared by R. E. Wycherley; pp. xviii + 272; 85 plates. London: Heinemann (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press), 1935. Cloth, 10s. (leather, 12s. 6d.) each". The Classical Review. 49 (6). journals.cambridge.org: 224–225. doi:10.1017/S0009840X00069304. S2CID 246880648. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Description of Greece, Volume V — Pausanias, R. E. Wycherley – Harvard University Press". hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "R(ichard) E(rnest) Wycherley". Contemporary Authors Online. Galenet. 29 November 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ Wycherley, R.E. (1978). The Stones of Athens. [Mit Abb. u. Skizz.]. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691035536. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Wycherley, R.E. (1976). How the Greeks Built Cities. W W Norton & Company Incorporated. ISBN 9780393008142. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Thompson, H.A.; Wycherley, R.E. (1972). The Agora of Athens: The History, Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Center. Amer. School of Classical Studies at Athens. ISBN 9780876612149. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Wycherley, R.E. (1957). Literary and epigraphical testimonia. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Retrieved 14 January 2014.