Janus: Sir Frederic George Kenyon: 'Greek Writing BC - AD 900', the Sandars Lectures for 1901

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Sir Frederic George Kenyon: 'Greek Writing BC - AD 900', the Sandars Lectures for 1901

Title	Sir Frederic George Kenyon: 'Greek Writing BC - AD 900', the Sandars Lectures for 1901
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.4187
Creator	Kenyon, Sir Frederic George (1863-1952)
Covering Dates	1901
Extent and Medium	1 volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Sir Frederic George Kenyon (1863-1952) was born in London on 15 January 1863. He was a scholar at Winchester, and attended New College, Oxford, where he obtained a first class degree in literae humaniores in 1886. Kenyon joined the Manuscripts Department of the British Museum in 1889. He became Assistant Keeper in 1898, and was the Museum's Director, 1909-1930. He was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 1903, and served as its President, 1917-1921, and Secretary, 1930-1949. He died in Oxted on 23 August 1952.

Received from Sir Frederic George Kenyon, 1901.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Sir Frederic George Kenyon: 'Greek Writing BC - AD 900', the Sandars Lectures for 1901, MS Add.4187

Index Terms

Greek (Classical)

Lectures (Teaching Method)

Kenyon, Sir Frederic George (1863-1952) Knight, Greek and biblical scholar and museum director

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