Charles H. Beeson

Charles Henry Beeson (1870–1949) was an American classical scholar. His book A Primer of Medieval Latin: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry has remained since its publication in 1935 one of the leading texts used by students learning post-classical Latin. In addition, he was an active researcher and reviewer, especially for the journal Classical Philology. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1935.^[1]

Born in Columbia City, Indiana, Beeson received an A.B. from Indiana University in 1893. ^[2] During World War I, he worked in the cryptography department of Military Intelligence (MI-8). ^[3]

Publications

Books

• A Primer of Medieval Latin: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry , Chicago, 1925.

Articles

• The Vocabulary of the Annales Fuldenses, Speculum, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan., 1926), pp. 31-37
• Isidore's Institutionum Disciplinae and Pliny the Younger, Classical Philology, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan., 1913), pp. 93-98

• The Text Tradition of Donatus' Commentary on Terence, Classical Philology, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct., 1922), pp. 283-305
• The Archetype of the Roman Agrimensores, Classical Philology, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan., 1928), pp. 1-14
• The Manuscript Problem of Vitruvius, Classical Philology, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct., 1935), pp. 342-347
• The Text History of the Corpus Caesarianum, Classical Philology, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr., 1940), pp. 113-125
• The Collectaneum of Hadoard, Classical Philology, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct., 1945), pp. 201-222
• The Manuscripts of Bede, Classical Philology, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Apr., 1947), pp. 73-87
• Lupus of Ferrières and Hadoard, Classical Philology, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul., 1948), pp. 190-191

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