James Robinson Boise
James Robinson Boise (January 27, 1815, Blandford, Massachusetts – February 9, 1895, Chicago) was an American classicist. He was the author of several Greek text books.
Biography
He graduated from Brown University in 1840, and served there as tutor of Latin and Greek and as a professor of Greek until 1850. In 1852, he became professor of Greek language and literature in the University of Michigan. In 1868, he was called to the same chair in the old University of Chicago. In 1877, he became professor of New Testament Interpretation in the Baptist Union Theological Seminary. On the establishment of the new University of Chicago, he was made professor emeritus of New Testament Greek.
Work
He published several classical text books, including editions with original notes of Xenophon's Anabasis and the first six books of Homer's Iliad, besides notes on the Epistles to the Galatians, Romans, etc. His texts on the Greek language included Greek Syntax and First Lessons in Greek.
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References
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Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Boise, James Robinson". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Boise, James Robinson". Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company.
External links
- "James Robinson Boise". Faculty History Project. University of Michican. Retrieved 19 March 2015.