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Roger Mynors
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British classical scholar (1903–1989)
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Roger Mynors was a British classical philologist, Latinist, and university teacher. Born in Wiltshire in 1903, he was educated at Eton College and Balliol College. He worked as a university teacher at the University of Cambridge. His professional fields included Latin-language literature and classical philology. He wrote in English and spoke both English and Latin.
Mynors was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He received the awards of Fellow of the British Academy and Knight Bachelor. He was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. He was an Anglican. He died in Herefordshire in 1989 following a traffic collision.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wiltshire
- Place of death
- Herefordshire
- Occupation
- latinist
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Image
- Portrait photograph of Rogers Mynors.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1903-07-28
- date of death
- 1989-10-17
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- writing language
- English language
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