1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ANTHON, CHARLES (1797-1867), American classical scholar, was born in New York city on the igth of November 1797. After graduating with honours at Columbia College in 1813, he began the study of law, and in 1819 was admitted to the bar, but never practised. In 1820 he was appointed assistant professor of Greek and Latin in his old college, full professor ten years later, and at the same time headmaster of the grammar school attached to the college, which post he held until 1864. He died at New York on the 29th of Ju…
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