George Martin Lane

George Martin Lane ( born December 24, 1823 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, † June 30, 1897 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American classical philologist. He taught from 1851 to 1894 at Harvard University.

Life

George Martin Lane studied with Francis James Child (1825-1896) and Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) at Harvard University, where he earned 1846 Bachelor degree. He then worked for a year as an instructor in Latin. He represented his academic teacher Charles Beck (1798-1866), who was to study in Germany. After his return in 1847 Lane also went to Germany to further his studies. He studied in the true three-year course ( triennium ) Classical Philology at the Universities of Bonn and Göttingen and became friends with the American philologist Basil Gildersleeve Lanneau. Lane graduated in Germany in 1851 with the PhD. from.

Upon his return to Harvard University, he was appointed to succeed his teacher Beck and taught since then as a professor of Latin. 1869 at the University of the Pope Professorship of Latin established, Lane held until his retirement (1894 ). During his time at Harvard Lane is concentrated almost exclusively on academic teaching. Unlike his colleague Gildersleeve, he published only a few scientific papers. He was, however, instrumental in the development of classical studies at his university. While he only had a colleague in his field at the beginning of his career, it was during his retirement already seven. The fact that Lane was ever sent with a pension in retirement, was an unusual event at that time. At the same time, he received an honorary doctorate from the University ( LL.D. ).

An important merit acquired Lane in the pronunciation of Latin. He replaced the anglicized pronunciation by a nearly classical antiquity. Its effect was not limited to Harvard: 1871 appeared his study Latin Pronunciation, which became widespread in the United States. Lanes greatest work, a Latin grammar school, was not published until 1898 ( posthumously ).

Writings (selection )

  • Smyrnaeorum res gestae et Antiquities. Göttingen 1851 (Dissertation)
  • Latin Pronunciation. Cambridge 1871
  • Morris Hicky Morgan ( ed.): A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. New York 1898. Numerous reprints
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