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William Berg (other)
William Berg may refer to: *William Berg (classicist) (1938–2021), American classicist *William Berg (footballer), played for Royn Hvalba *William H. Berg House See also *Bill Berg (other) *William of Berg (other) *William Burgh (other) {{hndis, Berg, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berg (classicist)
William Berg, aka Bill Berg or William Berg III (August 13, 1938 – May 16, 2021), was a classicist and historian of Gearhart, Oregon. On his mother’s side he was a descendant of pioneers (the Kernses) who had migrated from Indiana to Oregon in 1852. Berg grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where his father taught Constitutional Law at the University of Colorado, and in Washington, D.C., where he witnessed the McCarthy era in the shadow of his father’s boss and mentor, Oregon Senator Wayne Morse. Education After immersion in ancient Greek under the tutelage of Anselm Strittmatter, O.S.B., he majored in Classics at Johns Hopkins University. Graduating with academic honors in 1960, he went on to earn a Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1966. Awarded a Fulbright Grant, he spent the academic year 1960-61 at the American School of Classical Studies in Greece, undergoing archaeological training through excavation at ancient Corinth. That training led to participation in the Samothrace ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |