William Duguid Geddes
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Sir William Duguid Geddes (1828 – 9 February 1900), Scottish
scholar and educationalist, was born in Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Elgin academy and university and King's College
, University of Aberdeen
, and after having held various scholastic posts he was appointed in 1860 professor of Greek
and in 1885 principal of the (united) University of Aberdeen
. He was knighted in 1892. He died in Aberdeen on 9 February 1900. It is chiefly as a teacher that Geddes will be remembered, and in his enthusiastic and successful efforts to raise the standard of Greek at the Scottish universities he has been compared with the humanists of the Renaissance. Amongst other works he was the author of A Greek Grammar (1855; 17th edition, 1883; new and revised edition, 1893); a meritorious edition of the Phaedo of Plato (2nd ed., 1885); and The Problem of the Homeric Poems (1878), in which, while supporting Grote's
view that the Iliad consisted of an original Achilleis with insertions or additions by later hands, he maintains that these insertions are due to the author of the Odyssey.
Scotland
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scholar and educationalist, was born in Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Elgin academy and university and King's College
King's College, Aberdeen
King's College in Old Aberdeen, Scotland is a formerly independent university founded in 1495 and an integral part of the University of Aberdeen...
, University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
, and after having held various scholastic posts he was appointed in 1860 professor of Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
and in 1885 principal of the (united) University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
. He was knighted in 1892. He died in Aberdeen on 9 February 1900. It is chiefly as a teacher that Geddes will be remembered, and in his enthusiastic and successful efforts to raise the standard of Greek at the Scottish universities he has been compared with the humanists of the Renaissance. Amongst other works he was the author of A Greek Grammar (1855; 17th edition, 1883; new and revised edition, 1893); a meritorious edition of the Phaedo of Plato (2nd ed., 1885); and The Problem of the Homeric Poems (1878), in which, while supporting Grote's
George Grote
George Grote was an English classical historian, best known in the field for a major work, the voluminous History of Greece, still read.-Early life:He was born at Clay Hill near Beckenham in Kent...
view that the Iliad consisted of an original Achilleis with insertions or additions by later hands, he maintains that these insertions are due to the author of the Odyssey.