B. O. Foster
BornAugust 13, 1872
DiedJune 22, 1938 (aged 65)
Spouse
Katharine Elizabeth Dohan
(m. 1938)

Benjamin Oliver Foster (18721938) was an American classical philologist and professor at Stanford University.[1] He is known for his translation of the first five volumes of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (Books 1–22) for the Loeb Classical Library.[1]

Personal life

He married Anna Lee on June 3, 1902.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chambers, Mortimer. "Foster, Benjamin Oliver". Database of Classical Scholars. Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.

Bibliography

  • Chambers, Mortimer (1994). "Foster, Benjamin Oliver". In Ward, W. Briggs (ed.). Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-313245-60-2.
  • Foster, B. O. (1919). Livy I: Books I and II. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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