Edward Togo Salmon (May 29, 1905, in

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, England – 1988) was an

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best known for his work on the

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and the

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of Italy.

Life

Salmon was born in

, England, and was given his middle name after

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who sank the Russian Fleet in 1905. He was educated at the

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, Australia, where he obtained his

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degree in

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and English. He then went to the

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where he received his

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and

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degrees, followed by postgraduate studies in Italy. Salmon is best known for his academic career at

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, where he taught for 43 years from 1930. He held the posts of Chair of the Department of History and Messecar Professor of History at McMaster, as well as the first Principal of University College and Academic Vice-President. He is the namesake of the university's Togo Salmon Hall. A fund named in his honor supports the Classics at McMaster. He helped established the

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in 1967. During the Second World War he was a news commentator on station CKOC.

Selected bibliography

* 1944; rev. ed 1963, 1968.
A history of the Roman world from 30 B.C. to A.D. 138
'. * 1967.
Samnium and the Samnites
'. Cambridge University Press. * 1970.
Roman colonization under the Republic
'. Cornell University Press. * 1974.
Polis and imperium : studies in honour of Edward Togo Salmon
'. Toronto: Hakkert. * 1974.
The nemesis of empire
'. Oxford University Press. * 1982.
The making of Roman Italy
'. Cornell University Press.

References

External links

*
The Making Of The Peace, 17 Apr 1947 (speech)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salmon, Edward Togo Canadian classical scholars Canadian male non-fiction writers Historians of antiquity Classical scholars of McMaster University 1905 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Canadian historians Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy