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Patrice Rankine
Patrice Rankine is a Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago. He is a leading scholar in the area of classical reception. Early life Patrice Rankine was born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York on September 25, 1971. Son of Jamaican immigrants, he spent his pre-school and first school years in Kingston, Jamaica, before returning to Brooklyn in 1979. He attended public schools in New York City and studied photography at South Shore High School, working with photographeMitchel Greyduring his senior year. Accepted at School of Visual Arts for matriculation in September, 1988, he instead attended Brooklyn College, where he shifted to the study of Ancient Greek. He graduated from Brooklyn College in June, 1992 and attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, from 1992 to 1998, where he earned his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Classical Languages and Literatures. He was member of the inaugural class of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (then the Mellon Minority U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. It is a member of the Ivy League. Chartered by the Connecticut Colony, the Collegiate School was established in 1701 by clergy to educate Congregational ministers before moving to New Haven in 1716. Originally restricted to theology and sacred languages, the curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first PhD in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Yale's faculty and student populations grew after 1890 with rapid expansion of the physical campus and scientific research. Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools: the original undergraduate coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
