biography
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Finley, John H(uston), Jr
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| lived:
| (1904–95)
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| biography:
| Classicist, born in New York City, New York, USA. He was educated at Harvard (1925 BA, 1933 PhD), where he taught (1942–76) and was Eliot Professor (1942–74). It has been said that he studied the minds of ancient Greeks and modern undergraduates. As master of Eliot House and an immensely popular teacher, whose general lectures in humanities drew standing-room-only crowds, he was an influential mentor. He was vice-chairman of the faculty committee that wrote the influential Harvard Report, ‘General Education in a Free Society’ (1946). His Thucydides (1963) and Three Essays in Thucydides (1967) were highly regarded, as was his skill on both the squash and tennis courts. |
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