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Agnata Butler

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Agnata Frances Butler (née Ramsay; 1867–1931) was a British classical scholar. [1]

49 relations: A. E. Housman, Alcaic stanza, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ancient Greek, Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, British undergraduate degree classification, Cambridge Greek Play, Carl Schuchhardt, Caroline Skeel, Christian Science, Classical Tripos, Classics, Dorothy Tarrant, Farringford House, First Lady, George Gilbert Ramsay, Girton College, Cambridge, Harrow on the Hill, Harrow, London, Heinrich Schliemann, Herodotus, Hisarlik, Horace, J. R. M. Butler, John Dryden, List of Masters of Trinity College, Cambridge, Macmillan Publishers, Mary Beard (classicist), Marylebone, Master (college), Montagu Butler, Nevile Butler, Oedipus Rex, Perthshire, Poet laureate, Polyhymnia, Priam, Pun, Punch (magazine), Ramsay baronets, Regius Professor of History (Cambridge), Sappho, St Andrews, St Leonards School, Sybaris, Thebes, Greece, Trinity College, Cambridge, Troy, University of Cambridge.

A. E. Housman

Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.

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Alcaic stanza

The Alcaic stanza is a Greek lyrical meter, an Aeolic verse form traditionally believed to have been invented by Alcaeus, a lyric poet from Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, about 600 BC.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger

Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger CH (14 April 1897 – 11 July 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist.

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British undergraduate degree classification

The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees (bachelor's degrees and integrated master's degrees) in the United Kingdom.

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Cambridge Greek Play

The Cambridge Greek Play is a play performed in Ancient Greek by students and alumni of the University of Cambridge, England.

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Carl Schuchhardt

Carl Schuchhardt (August 6, 1859 – December 7, 1943) was a German archaeologist and museum director.

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Caroline Skeel

Caroline Anne James Skeel (9 February 1872 – 25 February 1951) was a British historian.

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Christian Science

Christian Science is a set of beliefs and practices belonging to the metaphysical family of new religious movements.

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Classical Tripos

The Classical Tripos is the taught course in classics at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge.

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Classics

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.

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Dorothy Tarrant

Dorothy Tarrant (1885–1973) was the first female professor of Greek in the UK, teaching at Bedford College, London from 1909 to 1950.

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Farringford House

Farringford House was the home of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, from 1853 until his death in 1892.

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First Lady

First Lady is an unofficial title used for the wife of a non-monarchical head of state or chief executive.

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George Gilbert Ramsay

George Gilbert Ramsay (1839–1921) was the Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow and the first president of the Scottish Mountaineering Club.

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Girton College, Cambridge

Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.

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Harrow on the Hill

Harrow on the Hill is an area of north west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Harrow.

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Harrow, London

Harrow is a large suburban town in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, England.

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Heinrich Schliemann

Heinrich Schliemann (6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and a pioneer in the field of archaeology.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος, Hêródotos) was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (484– 425 BC), a contemporary of Thucydides, Socrates, and Euripides.

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Hisarlik

Hisarlik (Turkish: Hisarlık, "Place of Fortresses"), often spelled Hissarlik, is the modern name for the generally agreed-upon site of ancient Troy, also known as Ilion, and is located in what is now Turkey (historically Anatolia) near to the modern city of Çanakkale.

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Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BC – November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian).

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J. R. M. Butler

Sir James Ramsay Montagu Butler, (20 July 1889 – 1 March 1975) was a British politician and academic.

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John Dryden

John Dryden (–) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.

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List of Masters of Trinity College, Cambridge

The following have served as Master of Trinity College, Cambridge: Masters Trinity List.

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Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers Ltd (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group) is an international publishing company owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.

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Mary Beard (classicist)

Dame Winifred Mary Beard, (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar and classicist.

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Marylebone

Marylebone (or, both appropriate for the Parish Church of St. Marylebone,,, or) is an affluent inner-city area of central London, England, located within the City of Westminster and part of the West End.

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Master (college)

A Master (more generically called a Head of House or Head of College) is the head or senior member of a college within a collegiate university, principally in the United Kingdom.

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Montagu Butler

Henry Montagu Butler (called Montagu; 2 July 1833 – 14 January 1918) was an English academic and clergyman, who served as headmaster of Harrow School (1860–85), Dean of Gloucester (1885–86) and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1886–1918).

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Nevile Butler

Sir Nevile Montagu Butler (1893–1973) was a British diplomat.

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Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Οἰδίπους Τύραννος IPA), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC.

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Perthshire

Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland.

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Poet laureate

A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions.

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Polyhymnia

Polyhymnia (Πολυύμνια; "the one of many hymns"), also spelt Polymnia (Πολύμνια) was in Greek mythology the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance, and eloquence as well as agriculture and pantomime.

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Priam

In Greek mythology, Priam (Πρίαμος, Príamos) was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and youngest son of Laomedon.

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Pun

The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.

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Punch (magazine)

Punch; or, The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells.

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Ramsay baronets

There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname Ramsay, four in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Regius Professor of History (Cambridge)

Regius Professor of History, prior to 2010 Regius Professor of Modern History, is one of the senior professorships in history at Cambridge University.

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Sappho

Sappho (Aeolic Greek Ψαπφώ, Psappho; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos.

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St Andrews

St Andrews (S.; Saunt Aundraes; Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Dundee and 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Edinburgh.

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St Leonards School

St Leonards School, formerly St Leonards and St Katharines School, is an independent school founded by the University of St Andrews in the nineteenth century.

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Sybaris

Sybaris (Σύβαρις; Sibari) was an important city of Magna Graecia.

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Thebes, Greece

Thebes (Θῆβαι, Thēbai,;. Θήβα, Thíva) is a city in Boeotia, central Greece.

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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.

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Troy

Troy (Τροία, Troia or Τροίας, Troias and Ἴλιον, Ilion or Ἴλιος, Ilios; Troia and Ilium;Trōia is the typical Latin name for the city. Ilium is a more poetic term: Hittite: Wilusha or Truwisha; Truva or Troya) was a city in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor, now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey, near (just south of) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnata_Butler

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