John Dewar Denniston (4 March 1887 in India – 2 May 1949 in

Church Stretton Church Stretton is a market town in Shropshire, England, south of Shrewsbury and north of Ludlow. The population in 2011 was 4,671.

) was a British classical scholar. His parents were James Lawson Denniston, of the Indian Civil Service, and Agnes Guthrie. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He took a First in Classical Moderations (Greek and Latin) in 1908 and a Second in Literae Humaniores (philosophy and ancient history) in 1910. He was Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, from 1913 until his death. He served in the First World War, 1914–18, 7th King's Own Scottish Borderers and General Staff War Office. He was twice wounded; he gained the distinctions of Croix de Guerre and O.B.E.''Who's Who 1948'', London : A. & C. Black, 1948, p.726.

Publications

*''Greek Literary Criticism'' (1924) *''Cicero Philippics I and II'' (1925) *''The Greek Particles'' (1934) *''Euripides' Electra'' (1939) *''Oxford Classical Dictionary'' co-editor, (1949) *''Greek Prose Style'' (1952) *''Aeschylus' Agamemnon'' edited with

Denys Page Sir Denys Lionel Page (11 May 19086 July 1978) was a British classicist and textual critic who served as the 34th Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and the 35th Master of Jesus College, Cambridge. He is best known for h ...

, (1957)

References

1887 births 1949 deaths British classical scholars Fellows of Hertford College, Oxford Classical scholars of the University of Oxford British people in colonial India {{UK-academic-bio-stub