The ''American Journal of Philology'' is a quarterly
academic journal
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established in 1880 by the classical scholar
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (October 23, 1831January 9, 1924) was an American classical scholar. An author of numerous works, and founding editor of the ''American Journal of Philology'', he has been credited with contributions to the syntax of Gre ...
philology
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linguistics
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,
history
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,
philosophy
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, and cultural studies. In 2003, the journal received the award for Best Single Issue from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the
Association of American Publishers
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. The current
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Joseph Farrell (
University of Pennsylvania
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).
Editors:
* Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1880 - 1919)
* C.W.E. Miller (1920 - 1934)
* Benjamin Dean Meritt (1934 - 1935, 1943 - 1946)
* Tenney Frank (1936 - 1939)
*
Harold Cherniss
Harold Fredrik Cherniss (11 March 1904 – 18 June 1987) was an American classicist and historian of ancient philosophy. While at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he was said to be "the country's foremost expert on Plato and Aristot ...
(1940 - 1942)
* Henry T. Rowell (1946 - 1971)
*
Georg Luck
Georg Hans Bhawani Luck (February 17, 1926 – February 17, 2013)''American Journal of Philology'' at
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