Minton Warren

Minton Warren ( born January 29, 1850 in Pawtucket, Rhode Iceland, † November 26, 1907 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American classical philologist.

Life

Minton Warren studied at Tufts College, where he attained a Bachelor degree in 1870. He then furthered his studies at Yale University with William Dwight Whitney, who encouraged him to continue his studies in Germany. The German archeology was then abroad, especially in the United States in high regard. First, Warren worked as a Latin and Greek teacher in Medford and Waltham ( 1872-1876 ). In 1876 he went to Germany for three years, where he studied at the universities of Leipzig and Bonn. At the University of Strasbourg, he wrote with William Studemund his doctoral thesis, which he 1879 Dr. phil. received his doctorate.

After his return to the United States Warren was inducted into the American Philological Association and appointed as Associate Professor of Latin at the Johns Hopkins University. There he worked with Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1831-1924) and Kirby Flower Smith ( 1862-1918). He founded in 1886 the Graduate Program of Classical Philology and supervised in fourteen years 22 dissertations. Among his pupils George Lincoln Hendrickson (1865-1963), Charles Sidney Smith (1867-1951) and Gordon Jennings Laing ( 1869-1945 ).

During his time at Johns Hopkins University Warren reached great prestige in the professional world. From 1896 to 1897 he was director of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, 1897-1898 president of the American Philological Association. In 1899 he left the Johns Hopkins University and went to Harvard University, where he was appointed in 1905 to Pope Professor of Latin. He died on November 26, 1907 at the age of 57 years.

Warren was mainly concerned with the early Roman poetry, especially with the playwright Terence and his ancient commentators. During his stay in Rome (1896-1987), he examined manuscripts and inscriptions for Latin literature and language history. He discovered included five previously unknown manuscripts of Terence commentary of Aelius Donatus. Results of his research he published in several papers that received attention worldwide. His early death prevented his collations to Donat were published.