Lewis Campbell (; 1830–1908) was a Scottish classical scholar.

Biography

Campbell was born in

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. His father, Robert Campbell, RN, was a first cousin of Thomas Campbell, the poet. His mother was the author Eliza Constantia Campbell. His father died when he was two years of age. In 1844 his mother married Colonel Morrieson. Campbell was educated at

Edinburgh Academy The Edinburgh Academy is an independent day school in Edinburgh, Scotland, which was opened in 1824. The original building, on Henderson Row in the city's New Town, is now part of the Senior School. The Junior School is located on Arboretum Ro ...

, the

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and Balliol College, Oxford. He was fellow and tutor of

Queen's College, Oxford The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, ...

(1855–1858), vicar of Milford, Hampshire (1858–1863), and professor of

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at the

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(1863–1894). An advocate for the higher education for women, he was closely involved in the foundation of St Leonards School for Girls and was the chairman of the school council from 1886-1903. In 1894, he was elected an honorary fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. From 1894 to 1896 at St Andrews, he gave the

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, which were published in 1898. Although an Anglican vicar, in October 1893 Campbell was reportedly preaching at the University of St Andrews' College Church, a

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foundation.

Works

As a scholar he is best known by his work on

Sophocles Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or c ...

and

Plato Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution ...

. His published works include: *''Sophocles'' Greek text with English notes in two volumes (2nd ed., 1879)
''The Sophistes and Politicus of Plato''
Greek text with English notes (1867) * ''Sophocles, The Seven Plays in English Verse'' (1883) *''The Theaetetus of Plato'' Greek text with English notes (2nd ed., 1883) *''Republic'', the Greek text, in three volumes (with

Benjamin Jowett Benjamin Jowett (, modern variant ; 15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was an English tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian, an Anglican cleric, and a translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was Master of B ...

, 1894) *''Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett'' in two volumes (with

Evelyn Abbott Evelyn Abbott (; 10 March 1843 – 3 September 1901) was an English classical scholar, born at Epperstone, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he excelled both academically and in sports, winning the Gaisford Priz ...

, 1897) *''Letters of B. Jowett'' (1899) *''Life of

James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematician and scientist responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and li ...

'', with William Garnett
1st ed., 1882
(new ed. revised and abridged, 1884) *''A Guide to Greek Tragedy for English Readers'' (1891) * (

for 1894-1896) *''On the Nationalisation of the Old English Universities'' (1901) *''Verse translations of the plays of

Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...

'' (1890) *''Sophocles'' (1896)
''Plato's Republic''
Oxford lectures (1902)
Shakespeare">''Tragic Drama in Aeschylus, Sophocles and William Shakespeare, Shakespeare
''(1904) *''Paralipomena Sophoclea'' (1907). Sir W.D. Ross had recognized the importance of stylometric methods in Plato chronology which Campbell had introduced in his editions of the Sophistes and Politicus of 1869. Recent scholars such as Charles H. Kahn and Diskin Clay, have each advanced the ordering and grouping of Plato's dialogues according to the same method.

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References

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External links

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''Lewis Campbell''
biographical notes and Lectures available from the

website * * * 1830 births 1908 deaths 19th-century Scottish people Academics from Edinburgh People educated at Edinburgh Academy Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Academics of the University of St Andrews Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Scottish biographers Scottish classical scholars Scottish translators Scottish literary critics 19th-century British translators Writers from Edinburgh {{UK-translator-stub