Henry Scowcroft Bettenson (1908,

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– 1979) was an English Classical

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and

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. Educated at Bristol University and Oriel College, Oxford; after some years in parish work, he taught Classics for 25 years at Charterhouse, then afterward rector of Purleigh in Essex.Augustine, ''Concerning the City of God Against the Pagans'', Penguin Classics, 1972, , p. ii. Notable works include a translation of

Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North A ...

's '' City of God'' and

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's '' Rome and the Mediterranean''. His collection of Early Christian documents, written from an Anglican perspective (hence the emphasis on early councils and on seventeenth century Church of England documents), and history of the Latin fathers remain in print.

Bibliography

*''Documents of the Christian Church'', O.U.P. World Classics, 1943; second edition 1963; (expanded), 1970.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bettenson, Henry S. 1908 births 1979 deaths English classical scholars Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford People educated at Westminster School, London Latin–English translators Greek–English translators 20th-century Church of England clergy 20th-century translators 20th-century English male writers