Leonard Hugh Graham Greenwood (30 August 1880 – 16 November 1965) was a New Zealand classical scholar at Cambridge University.
Biography
Greenwood was born at Gisborne, New Zealand, and educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a double first in classics. He then lectured at Leeds University 1903–1907 and was a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, 1906–1909. In 1909 he was elected to a fellowship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and taught classics there for 40 years. He died in Cambridge. He was elected a member of the Cambridge Apostles in 1903. Greenwood's father, Graham Lord Greenwood, was the son of the artist Sarah Greenwood.
Publications
- translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics, book six, Cambridge University Press, 1909
- translation of Cicero's The Verrine Orations, Heinemann, 1935
- Greek tragedy compared with modern drama, Victoria University College, 1943
- Aspects of Euripidean Tragedy, Cambridge University Press, 1953
References
- "Mr L. H. G. Greenwood – Classical Studies At Cambridge". The Times. London. 18 November 1965. p. 17.
- Hale, Keith, ed. (1998). Friends and Apostles: The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey. Yale University Press. p. 107. ISBN 0300070047.
- Press 20 November 1965 Page 24
- "Graham Lord Greenwood". 14 March 1834.
- "Greenwood, Leonard Hugh Graham, 1880-1966". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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- Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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- Academics of the University of Leeds
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