John Dewar Denniston
British classical scholar

John Dewar Denniston

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British classical scholar
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Birth:
4 March 1887(India)
Death:
2 May 1949
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John Dewar Denniston (born 4 March 1887 in India, died 2 May 1949 in Church Stretton) was a British classical scholar. He was Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford from 1913 until his death.

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, (1957)