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Frank Frost Abbott

Frank Frost Abbott

American classical philologist


Frank Frost Abbott (March 27, 1860 July 23, 1924) was an American classical scholar.

Life

Born in Redding, Connecticut, he taught at the University of Chicago,[1] then moved to Princeton University in 1907. He died in Montreux, Switzerland.

Works

  • Selected Letters of Cicero (1897).
  • A History and Description of Roman Political Institutions (1901).
  • A Short History of Rome (1906)
  • Society and Politics in Ancient Rome (1909).
  • The Common People of Ancient Rome (1911).
  • Roman Politics (1923).
  • Municipal Administration in the Roman Empire (1926).

He also translated Alberico Gentili's Hispanicae Advocationis Libri Dvo ("Two Books of Advocacy in the Service of Spain").


References

  1. Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America, vol. 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 4.



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