Archibald Young Campbell (1885-1958) was a Scottish poet, classical scholar, and translator of the 1920s and 1930s.
Life
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Campbell was born at Blantyre, near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1885, and received his education at Hamilton Academy [1] and Fettes College, in Edinburgh.
In 1904 he went up to St John's College, Cambridge, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1907.[2] After graduation Campbell worked as a lecturer in Classics at the University of Liverpool and the University of Reading before returning to St. John's College as a fellow. In 1922 he was appointed as Gladstone Professor of Greek at the University of Liverpool, a position he held until his retirement in 1950.[3]
Campbell lived in Cambridge until his death, but taught at the University of Bristol during the academic year of 1954.
Campbell married, and had two daughters and one son.[2]
PublicationsEdit
PoetryEdit
- Poems. Cambridge, UK: W. Heffer / London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1912.
- The Dromedary: Poem (illustrated by John Nash). London: Poetry Bookshop, 1926.[4]
- Poems. London & New York: Longmans, Green, 1926.
TranslatedEdit
- Horace: A new interpretation. London: Methuen, 1924.
- Aeschylus, The Agammemnon. Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University Press / London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940.
- Euripides, Helena. Liverpool, UK: 1950.
- Horace, Odes and Epodes. Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University Press, 1953.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
Poems by A.Y. CampbellEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine, February 1950, feature on Hamilton Academy in the article series 'Famous Scottish Schools' listing notable alumni
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Janus. "Papers of Archibald Young Campbell". St John's College Library. http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FCampbell. Retrieved September 4, 2007.
- ↑ University Chairs and their Holders Past and Present Retrieved October19, 2010
- ↑ The Dromedary: Poem by A.Y. Campbell, TomFolio.com. Web, May 19, 2014.
- ↑ Search results = au:Archibald Young Campbell, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, May 19, 2014.
External linksEdit
- Poems
- Selected Poetry of A.Y. Campbell at Poets' Corner (1 poem, "The Dromedary")
- 2 poems by Campbell: "On the First Morning of Spring," "Sleeping with Open Eyes"
- Archibald Young Campbell at AllPoetry (4 poems)
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