Harry Mortimer Hubbell Explained

Harry Mortimer Hubbell
Birth Date:August 30, 1881
Death Date:February 24, 1971 (aged 89)
Birth Place:Belvue, Kansas, U.S.
Education:Yale University (BA, MA, PhD)
Discipline:Classics
Thesis Title:The Influence of Isocrates on Cicero, Dionysius and Aristides
Spouse:Alice Pendleton Clark
Death Place:North Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Sub Discipline:Greek literature
Classical rhetoric
Workplaces:University of California, Berkeley
Goucher College

Harry Mortimer Hubbell (August 30, 1881 – February 24, 1971) was an American classicist.

Early life and education

Hubbell was born in Belvue, Kansas. He graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut, received a BA, MA and PhD from Yale University.[1]

Career

Hubbell held a visiting professorship at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a Fulbright Fellow and, at Goucher College, one of the first John Hay Whitney Professors.

His main area of research interest was Greek and Latin rhetoric. His dissertation was titled The Influence of Isocrates on Cicero, Dionysius and Aristides.[2]

Personal life

Hubbell was married to Alice Pendleton Clark.[3] He died on February 24, 1971.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Parry, Adam . Studies in Fifth Century Thought and Literature . 20 July 1972 . Cambridge University Press . 9780521083058 . Google Books . 17 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Harry Mortimer Hubbell. goodreads.com. 17 March 2017.
  3. Book: Association, American Philological . Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists . 1 January 1994 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 9780313245602 . Google Books . 17 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Hubbell, H. M. (Harry Mortimer), 1881-1971 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) . 2023-04-19 . id.loc.gov.