Grant Showerman

Grant Showerman Ph.D. (January 9, 1870 – November 13, 1935) was an American classical scholar.

Grant Showerman was born on January 9, 1870, in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

He was educated at Carroll College and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He graduated from the University in 1896 and took his doctorate in 1900. During the course of his education, he studied for two years in Rome, where he was Fellow of the Archaeological Institute of America in the American School of Classical Studies.

After he returned from Rome, he became a professor of latin literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1900 to 1909. From 1909 onwards, he was the professor of classics at the university.

The Showerman House in Kronshage Hall in the university is named after him.

• With the Professor, Henry Holt and Company, 1910.
• Horace and His Influence, The Plimpton Press, 1922.
• Eternal Rome, 2 Vol., Yale University Press, 1924.
• Rome and the Romans; A Survey and Interpretation, The Macmillan Company, 1931.
• Monuments and Men of Ancient Rome, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935.

Selected articles

• "Was Attis at Rome under the Republic?," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. XXXI, 1900.
• "Cicero's Appreciation of Greek Art," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. XXXIV, 1903.
• "The American College Course," Educational Review, September 1903.
• "Eastern Education Thru Western Eyes," Educational Review, Vol. XXX, December 1905.
• "A Professorial Meditation," Scribner's Magazine, Vol. XL, July/December 1906.
• "Mud and Nails," Educational Review, Vol. XXXV, May 1908.
• "College Professors Exposed," Educational Review, Vol. XXXVI, June/December 1908.
• "The Ancient Religions in Universal History," American Journal of Philology, Vol. XXIX, No. 114, 1908.
• "A Professorial Recantation," Educational Review, Vol. XXXVIII, June 1909.
• "The Making of a Professor," Atlantic Monthly, Vol. CIV, November, 1909.[3]
• "The Literary History of Rome," The Dial, Vol. XLVII, July/December 1909.
• "Philosophy of Trimmings," Atlantic Monthly, Vol. CV, 1910.
• "Peace and the Professor," Part II, The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine, Vol. XXIII, September 1910/June 1911.
• "Introduction to Study of Greek Mythology." In The World's Progress, Part II, The Delphian Society, 1911.
• "The Foxfielders at School," Educational Review, Vol. XLI, January 1911.
• "The Ancients Illuminated," The Dial, Vol. L, January/June 1911.
• "Let's us Have Peace!," The Dial, Vol. L, January/June 1911.
• "The Ferreresque Style of Writing History," The Dial, Vol. LI, July/December 1911.
• "The Making of a Democrat," The Yale Review, Vol. I, 1911/1912.
• "The Glory that was Greece," The Dial, Vol. LII, January/June 1912.
• "Roman Religious Experience," The Dial, Vol. LII, January/June 1912.
• "Life and Letters," Educational Review, Vol. XLV, February 1913.
• "Sunday in Andalusia," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. CXIII, 1914.
• "The Democrat Reflects," The Unpopular Review, Vol. I, January/June 1914.
• "The Story of a Microbophobiac," The Unpopular Review, Vol. I, January/June 1914.
• "The Case for Pigeon-Holes," The Unpopular Review, Vol. I, January/June 1914.
• "A Critic of Democracy," The Dial, Vol. LVII, July/December 1914.

Other publications

• "Attis." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. II, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909.
• "Criobolium." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. IV, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909.
• "Cybele." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. IV, Charles Scribner's Sons, 19089.
• "Death and Disposal of the Dead." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. IV, Charles Scribner's Sons, 19098.
• "Criobolium." In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. VII, 1911.
• "Curetes." In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. VII, 1911.
• "Mithras." In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. XVIII, 1911.
• "Rhea." In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. XXIII, 1911.
• "Taurobolium.” In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. XXVI, 1911.
• Franz Cumont, The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism, with an introductory essay by Grant Showerman, Open Court Pub. Co., 1911.
• "Isis." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. VII, 1914.
• "Martial's Epigrams." In: Encyclopædia Americana, Vol. XVIII, 1919.
• "Taurobolium.” In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. XII, 1921.