James Leigh Strachan-Davidson

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Portrait, oil on canvas, of James Leigh Strachan-Davidson (1843–1916) by Sir George Reid (1841–1913).

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); Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic (1894); Problems of the Roman Criminal Law (two volumes, 1914, available online: Volume 1 and Volume 2.

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. Retrieved August 16, 2011.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

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

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 74780198 LCCN: n90682784 ISNI: 0000 0000 8266 2606 GND: 124243606 SELIBR: 199388 NLA: 35097632

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

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