Ronald Syme

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA (11 March 1903 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. Long associated with Oxford University, he is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest historians of ancient Rome.He was born to David and Florence Syme in Eltham, New Zealand, where he attended primary and secondary school; a bad case of measles seriously damaged his vision during this period. He moved to New Plymouth Boys' High School (a house of which bears his name today) at the age of 15, and was head of his class for both of his two years. He continued to the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington, where he studied French language and literature while working on his degree in Classics. He attended Oriel College, Oxford between 1925 and 1927, graduating with a First Class degree in Literae Humaniores (ancient history and philosophy).

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 123g
• ISBN-13: 9786131130267
• ISBN-10: 6131130264
• Artikelnr.: 29916470