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William Harris Stahl
William Harris Stahl (New York City, New York 20 December 1908 – 20 April 1969) was an American historian of science and professor of classics at New York University and Brooklyn College, known for his translation of Macrobius' ''Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis, Commentary on the Dream of Scipio'' and his 1962 book Roman Science: Origins, Development, and Influence to the Later Middle Ages., ''Roman Science''. Career Stahl studied at the New York University and obtained his doctorate there in 1934 from the Graduate School of Arts and Science with the thesis ''The Moon in Early Medicine''. He remained at NYU, eventually becoming chair of the Classics Department. In 1956 he became professor and head of the Department of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brooklyn College in New York. In 1969 Stahl had finished the first volume and was putting the finishing touches to the second volume of his book ''Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts'' when he died of a heart attack. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
