George Augustus Simcox
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George Augustus Simcox was a British classical scholar and poet. He was a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.
He was educated at the University of Oxford
. He was also a critic and busy literary reviewer, in magazines such as the Argosy, the Fortnightly Review and the Academy; and essayist for The Nation
. He published some substantial poems, on Arthurian themes in particular.
The theological writer and biographer William Henry Simcox was his brother, and the activist Edith Jemima Simcox his sister. The Simcoxes were well known and well connected in English intellectual circles; Edith was a friend of George Eliot's, and William wrote the first major biography of Barnabe Barnes
, the famous 16th century poet and patron of William Shakespeare
.
George died in unexplained circumstances on the Irish coast.
He was educated at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. He was also a critic and busy literary reviewer, in magazines such as the Argosy, the Fortnightly Review and the Academy; and essayist for The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
. He published some substantial poems, on Arthurian themes in particular.
The theological writer and biographer William Henry Simcox was his brother, and the activist Edith Jemima Simcox his sister. The Simcoxes were well known and well connected in English intellectual circles; Edith was a friend of George Eliot's, and William wrote the first major biography of Barnabe Barnes
Barnabe Barnes
Barnabe Barnes , was an English poet. He is known for his Petrarchan love sonnets and for his combative personality, involving feuds with other writers and culminating in an alleged attempted murder.-Early life:...
, the famous 16th century poet and patron of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
.
George died in unexplained circumstances on the Irish coast.
Works
- Prometheus Unbound. A Tragedy (1867)
- Thirteen Satires of Juvenal.(1867)
- Poems and Romances (1869)
- The Orations of Demosthenes and Aeschines on the Crown (1872) with W. H. Simcox
- Recollections of a Rambler (1874)
- Thucydides (1875) editor
- A History of Latin Literature: from Ennius to Boethius (1883) two volumes
- Encyclopaedia BiblicaEncyclopaedia BiblicaEncyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religion History, the Archeology, Geography and Natural History of the Bible , edited by Thomas Kelly Cheyne and J. Sutherland Black, is a critical encyclopedia of the Bible. In Theology/Biblical studies, it is often...
(contributor) (1903)