Morris H. Morgan
{{short description|American classical scholar}}
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Morris Hicky Morgan (February 8, 1859 – March 16, 1910) was an American academic, professor of classical philology at Harvard University.
Life
Morris H. Morgan was born in Providence, Rhode Island on February 8, 1859.[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/802/mode/2up Morgan, Morris Hicky], in Who's Who in America (1901–1902 edition), via archive.org Immediately after graduating from Harvard College, he was appointed to the teaching staff. After the death of Frederic D. Allen in 1899 he succeeded to the chair of classical philology. He was praised by his fellow classicists as an interpreter of Vitruvius. His translation of Vitruvius's The Ten Books of Architecture, based on an older translation by Valentine Rose (second edition, Leipzig, 1899), remains in print today, though he died before completing it, the final parts being translated by Albert A. Howard. In a note to a 2009 English edition, translator Richard Schofield writes that Morgan's translation "is certainly the best in English and deserves its longevity{{nbsp}}... and I doubt if his dignified and intelligent prose could be surpassed, even though here and there it is faintly dated."Richard Schofield, "Translator's note", Vitruvius, On Architecture. Translated by Richard Schofield with an Introduction by Robert Tavernor. London: Penguin Books, 2009, p.xli.
In 1896 he was appointed Harvard University Marshall.{{refn|*{{cite web| title=Harvard University. Office of the University Marshal |url=http://marshal.harvard.edu |publisher=The President and Fellows of Harvard College |accessdate=2014-05-25}}}}
Morgan fell seriously ill on March 15, 1910 while on a trip to New York.{{Cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/03/16/104924896.pdf |title=Prof. M.H. Morgan Critically Ill |newspaper=The New York Times |place=Newport, Rhode Island |page=9 |date=1910-03-15 |publication-date=March 16, 1910 |access-date=2025-05-07}} He died in Newport the following day.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-prof-morris-h-morgan-d/171916243/ |title=Prof Morris H. Morgan Dead |newspaper=The Boston Globe |place=Newport, Rhode island |page=3 |date=1910-03-16 |access-date=2025-05-07 |via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
- {{Aut|H.W. P.}}, Morris Hicky Morgan: 1859-1910, in Classical Philology 5 (1910), p. 357.
- {{Aut|J.E. Sandys}}, [https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofc00sand A Short History of Classical Scholarship from the Sixth Century BC to the Present Day], Cambridge, 1915, p. 425.
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Category:American classical scholars
Category:Classical scholars of Harvard University
Category:Scholars of ancient Greek literature