Sir Arthur Wallace Pickard-Cambridge (20 January 1873 – 7 February 1952) was a British

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and one of the greatest authorities on the

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in the first half of the 20th century. Pickard-Cambridge was born in

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Rectory, the son of the Reverend

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bl ...

(1828–1917), a naturalist and entomologist. He served as a fellow and tutor at Balliol College, Oxford (1897-1929).British Academy fellowship record
Following the accidental death (in a fire) of Prof.

Alexander William Mair Alexander William Mair (9 June 1875–13 November 1928) was a 20th century Scottish scholar who was Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh. He was an authority on the works of the Greek poet Hesiod. Life He was born in Edinburgh o ...

he became Professor of Greek at the

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(1928-1930), then

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(1930 to 1938). He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1934, and was knighted in 1950 ''"for services to education"'',
2 Jan 1950, Page 2, Supplement to the London Gazette just two years before his death.

Quotations

''I rank examinations as they are treated in most schools as among the worst enemies to education, to freedom of thought, and independence of judgment.''

—Letter to the ''

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'' 1935''Daily Mirror'', 7 September 1935

''Everything is done for us nowadays: we have lost our independence of thought. On every side we see men like sheep taking passively what is given to them.. getting even their standard of taste from the radio in this 'Switch it on' and 'Put me through' age.''

—Address to the Congress of Universities of the British Empire, 1936:—''Daily Mirror'', 18 July 1936

Works

* 1912
''The Public Orations of Demosthenes. Translated by A. W. Pickard-Cambridge. In two volumes''
Oxford: Clarendon Press. * 1914
Demosthenes and the Last Days of Greek Freedom 384-322 BC''
New York and London: G.P. Putnams, 1914. * 1927
Tragedy and Comedy''
Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2nd ed., 1962. * 1946. ''The Theatre of Dionysus in Athens''. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2nd ed., 1956. * 1953. ''The Dramatic Festivals of Athens''. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2nd ed., 1988, .

Notes

References

*''The Times'', 9 February 1952

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* * * * __NOTOC__ 1873 births 1952 deaths English classical scholars Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of the British Academy Academics of the University of Sheffield Academics of the University of Edinburgh {{UK-academic-stub