Clifford Herschel Moore
Born(1866-03-11)March 11, 1866
Sudbury, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 31, 1931(1931-08-31) (aged 65)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Burial placeMount Auburn Cemetery
Education
OccupationAcademic
Spouse
Lorena Leadbetter
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(m. 1890)​

Clifford Herschel Moore (1866–1931) was an American Latin scholar.

Biography

Clifford Herschel Moore was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts on March 11, 1866. He married Lorena Leadbetter on July 23, 1890.[1][2]

He was educated at Harvard (A.B., 1889) and in Europe at Munich (Ph.D., 1897). He taught classics in California (1889–92) and Massachusetts, at Phillips Academy in Andover (1892–94).[1][2]

Moore then taught Latin at the University of Chicago (1894–98), and at Harvard from 1898 onward. He was a professor at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, Italy.

Moore edited Frederic de Forest Allen's 1899 edition of Euripides' Medea and his 1902 edition Horace's Odes and Epodes (1902), and wrote the textbooks A First Latin Book (1903) and The Elements of Latin (1906).

Moore was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1910 and the American Philosophical Society in 1928.[3][4]

He died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on August 31, 1931.[1] He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Death of Prof Clifford H. Moore". The Boston Globe. August 31, 1931. p. 12. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 Seminary, Andover Theological (1908). General Catalogue of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Massachusetts. p. 9. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Clifford Herschel Moore". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. February 9, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  4. ↑ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Funeral of Dean Clifford H. Moore". The Boston Globe. September 2, 1931. p. 5. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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