Elias Avery Lowe
Elias Avery Lowe (15 October 1879 – 8 August 1969), original name Elias Avery Loew, was an American palaeographer. His wife was the noted translator H. T. Lowe-Porter.
Born to a Russian Jewish family (he is also The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson's Great Grandfather),[1] he received his doctor title in 1908 in Munich under the supervision of Ludwig Traube.
His main works are the Codices Latini Antiquiores.
Works (selection)
- Die ältesten Kalendarien in Monte Cassino, München, Diss. phil. 1908
- The Beneventan Script. A History of the South Italian minuscule, Oxford 1914. 2nd ed. Rome 1980
- Palaeographical papers. 1907-1965, hrsg. von Ludwig Bieler, Oxford 1972
Bibliography
- Bernhard Bischoff: Elias Avery Lowe, 15.10.1879 - 8.8.1969, in: Jahrbuch der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1970, S. 203 ff.
- Patricia Tracy Lowe: A marriage of true minds. A memoir of my parents, Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter and Elias Avery Lowe, New Paltz, NY 2006, ISBN 0-9642350-4-8
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15 October 1879 |
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8 August 1969 |
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