Wilfred Harvey Schoff

Map showing commercial settlements described in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea and the Periplus of Hanno.

Wilfred Harvey Schoff (18741932) was an early twentieth century American antiquarian and classical scholar.[1]

Career

Schoff was responsible for translating a number of important ancient texts. Among these works was the 1st century CE Greco-Roman Periplus of the Erythraean Sea,[2] as well as the Carthaginian Periplus of Hanno.[3]

Besides writing, Schoff also served as Secretary of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum.

Works

References

  1. Wilfred Harvey Schoff at the University of Pennsylvania library website
  2. Schoff, Wilfred H. (Wilfred Harvey), 1874-1932, ed.: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean, by a Merchant of the First Century (New York et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912)
  3. Schoff, W. H., The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery Down the West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth century BC. (Philadelphia: Commercial Museum, 1912)


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