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| Postgate, John Percival. Adm. sizar at TRINITY, July 11, 1872. [Eldest] s. of 'William' (sic) [John], F.R.C.S. [initiator of the laws against adulteration; for whom see D.N.B.], of 59, Bristol Road, Birmingham (and Mary Ann Horwood). B. there [Oct. 24], 1853. School, King Edward's, Birmingham. Matric. Michs. 1872; Scholar, 1874; 2nd Chancellor's medal, 1876; B.A. (8th Classic) 1876; M.A. 1879; Litt.D. 1887. Fellow, 1878. College Lecturer in Classics, 1884-1909. Classical Lecturer at Girton College, 1877-1909. Professor of Comparative Philology, University College, London, 1880-1909. Deputy Reader in Comparative Philology at Cambridge, 1889-90. Professor of Latin at Liverpool University, 1909-20. President, Cambridge Philological Society, 1922-6. Hon. Litt.D., Dublin and Manchester. F.B.A., 1907. Married, 1891, Edith, dau. of T. B. Allen, and had issue. Author, Select Elegies of Propertius; Selections from Tibullus; How to pronounce Latin; Dead Language and Dead Languages; Translation and Translations; Prosodia Latina; Guide to Greek Accentuation; etc. Editor of the Classical Review, 1899-1907; of the Classical Quarterly, 1907-10; of Corpus Poetarum Latinorum, I. 1893-4; II. 1905-6. Resided at 16, Brookside, Cambridge. Died July 15, 1926, as the result of a collision between his bicycle and a steam waggon in Trumpington Road, Cambridge. Brother of the next. (Schoolmasters' Directories; Sir J. J. Thomson, Recollections and Reflections, 320; D.N.B.; Who was Who.) | John Percival POSTGATE Approx. lifespan: 1853–1926 sizar Trinity College adm1872:07:11 Eldest s. of "William" ( sic ) [John], FRCS [initiator of the laws against adulteration; for whom see D.N.B.], of 59 Bristol Road, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], (and Mary Ann Horwood) b. there 1853:[10:24] Sch: King Edward's School Birmingham, [Warwickshire], Matric 1872:10MT: Scholar 1874 2nd Chancellor's Medal 1876 BA 8 th Classic 1876 MA 1879 LittD 1887 Fellow 1878 College Lecturer in Classics 1884-1909 Classical Lecturer at: : Girton College 1877-1909 Professor of Comparative Philology[+ci]< Sch: University College London , ???, 1880-1909 Deputy Reader in Comparative Philology CB, ???, 1889-90 Professor of Latin: Sch: Liverpool University Liverpool, [Lancashire], 1909-20 President: CB, ???, Philological Society 1922-26 Hon. LittD Dublin and Manchester, [Lancashire], FBA 1907 m. 1891,Edith dau. of T. b. Allen. had issue Publ.: Select Elegies of Propertius; Selections from Tibullus; How to pronounce Latin; Dead Language and Dead Languages; Translation and Translations; Prosodia Latina; Guide to Greek Accentuation ;etc. Editor of: : Classical Rev.iew 1899-1907 of the Classical Quarterly 1907-10 of Corpus Poetarum Latinorum, I. 1893-94 II. 1905-06 At 16, Brookside[+ci]CB[-ci] [Cambridgeshire], d. 1926:07:15 as the result of a collision between his bicycle and a steam waggon Trumpington Road, [+ci]CB[-ci] [Cambridgeshire], brother of Langdale Horwood POSTGATE (1882) ( Schoolmasters' Directories ; Sir J. J. Thomson, Recollections and Reflections, 320; D.N.B.; Who was Who .) [add:]Photograph: CAS: G.129[:add] |