Mortimer Lamson Earle
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Mortimer Lamson Earle, Ph. D. (1864 – 1905) was an American
classical scholar. He was born in New York, and educated at Columbia College of Columbia University
, receiving his doctorate in 1889. He was employed at Barnard College
and Columbia University
. He edited Euripides
’ Alcestis (1895); Sophocles
’ Œdipus Tyrannus (1900); and Euripides
’ Medea (1904). His numerous contributions to learned periodicals were collected in The Classical Papers of Mortimer Lamsom Earle, with a Memoir (New York, 1912).
After his death, his students and friends gave his library to his alma mater, Columbia University.
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classical scholar. He was born in New York, and educated at Columbia College of Columbia University
Columbia College of Columbia University
Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1754 by the Church of England as King's College, receiving a Royal Charter from King George II...
, receiving his doctorate in 1889. He was employed at Barnard College
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. He edited Euripides
Euripides
Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...
’ Alcestis (1895); Sophocles
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides...
’ Œdipus Tyrannus (1900); and Euripides
Euripides
Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...
’ Medea (1904). His numerous contributions to learned periodicals were collected in The Classical Papers of Mortimer Lamsom Earle, with a Memoir (New York, 1912).
After his death, his students and friends gave his library to his alma mater, Columbia University.