Charles Anthon
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Columbia professor Charles Anthon
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November 19, 1797 New York City, New York |
| Died | July 29, 1867 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia College of Columbia University |
| Occupation | Classical scholar, professor, headmaster of the Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School |
| Relatives | John Anthon, brother |
Charles Anthon (November 19, 1797 – July 29, 1867) was an American classical scholar.
His father George Christian Anthon was a German-American physician who served in the British Army during the American Revolution until the surrender of Detroit in 1788. George attained the rank of surgeon general, resigned, married the daughter of a French officer, and settled in New York City. Charles was born there on November 19, 1797, graduated with honors from Columbia College in 1815, and, after studying law, was called to the bar in 1819. He never practiced. Instead, the next year, he was appointed assistant professor of Greek and Latin at his old college. In 1830, he was made a full professor and become the headmaster of the Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School. In 1835, he succeeded to the chair of Professor Morse. He retired from the grammar school in 1864 and died in New York on July 29, 1867.
He produced a large number of classical works for use in colleges and schools, which enjoyed great popularity, although schoolmasters themselves sometimes disliked their use by students, owing to the large amount of assistance and translations contained in the notes. He also wrote A Manual of Greek Literature from the Earliest Authentic Periods to the Close of Byzantine Era providing a list of all Greek writers in that period, with a summary of their life and works and a bibliography of editions then in use. The overview is still useful today, but outdated. His intention to provide a similar volume for Latin literature was never fulfilled.
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