James Chidester Egbert Jr.
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| occupation = Academic
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James Chidester Egbert Jr., Ph. D. (1859–1948) was an American classical scholar and educator.
Biography
James Chidester Egbert Jr. was born in New York City on May 3, 1859.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/universitiesandt02cham/page/425/mode/1up |title=Universities and Their Sons |volume=II |editor-first=Joshua L. |editor-last=Chamberlain |publisher=R. Herndon Company |place=Boston |page=425 |date=1899 |access-date=2025-05-08 |via=Internet Archive}} He graduated at Columbia University in 1881, and took a doctorate there in 1884. He then became a professor of classical studies{{cite web | author=| year=2011 | title=Finding Aid | work=American Academy in Rome records, 1855-[ca.1981], (bulk dates 1894-1946) | publisher=Archives of American Art | url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/american-academy-rome-records-6320/more | accessdate=17 Jun 2011}} and was dean of the School of Business there from 1916 to 1932. In 1911 he became active in the American Academy in Rome, serving on various committees and becoming vice president from 1940-1944.
His works include an edition of Macmillan's Shorter Latin Course (1892); Cicero de Senectute (1895); Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions (1896);{{cite book |author-last=Egbert Jr. |author-first=James C. |date=1896 |title=Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions |publication-place=New York |publisher=American Book Company |url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontost00egbeuoft/page/n7}} and Livy xxi and Selections from xxii to xxx (1913). He also wrote a four-volume work American Business Practice (1931).
He married Emma Gross Pennington in 1884, and they had three children.
He died at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan on July 17, 1948.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-dr-james-c-egbert-former-c/171974896/ |title=Dr. James C. Egbert, Former Columbia officer |newspaper=New York Daily News |page=323 |date=1948-07-18 |access-date=2025-05-08 |via=Newspapers.com}}
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External links
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- [http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~emty/Section_D_John&Hannah_Egbert_Family.html Background Info.]
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Category:American classical scholars
Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni
Category:Classical scholars of Columbia University
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