Frank Frost Abbott

Frank Frost Abbott ( born March 27, 1860 in Redding ( Connecticut ); † July 23, 1924 in Montreux ) was an American classical philologist.

Life

Frank Frost Abbott, the son of a judge, graduated from Yale University (Bachelor 1882) and then taught there as a tutor Latin Literature and Language. From 1888 to 1889, he furthered his studies at the universities of Berlin, Bonn and Rome. After his return, he received his doctorate in 1891 from Yale with a dissertation on colloquial Latin in Cicero.

In the same year he moved to the newly founded University of Chicago as an assistant professor of Latin (and later full professor ). From 1901 to 1902 he taught at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome. In 1908 he joined as Kennedy Professor of Latin at Princeton University, where he taught until his death. From 1917 to 1918 he was president of the American Philological Association.

Abbott's research focus was the Latin language and literature. He has written numerous articles and monographs, including frequently used manuals to Roman antiquity. Among his most famous writings include Society and Politics in Ancient Rome (New York 1909), The Common People of Ancient Rome ( New York 1911) and Roman Politics ( Boston 1923).

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