James Leigh Strachan-Davidson

James Leigh Strachan-Davidson (1843 – 28 March 1916) was an English classical scholar, born at Penrith, Cumbria, northern England.

Strachan-Davidson was educated at Leamington College and at Balliol College, Oxford, and from 1907 was Master of Balliol.^[1] He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the universities of St Andrews and Glasgow. His publications include an edition of Selections from Polybius (1888); of Appian, Civil Wars, book i (1902); Life of Cicero (1901); Problems of the Roman Criminal Law (two volumes, 1914).

References

^ Salter, H. E. and Lobel, Mary D., ed (1954). "Balliol College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 82–95. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63873. Retrieved August 16, 2011.

Sources

This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.

Academic offices
Preceded by Edward Caird	Master of Balliol College, Oxford 1907–1916	Succeeded by Arthur Lionel Smith

Persondata
Name	Strachan-Davidson, James Leigh
Alternative names
Short description	Classical scholar and translator
Date of birth	1843
Place of birth	Penrith, Cumbria, England
Date of death	28 March 1916
Place of death