Ancient and Modern: Essays in Honor of Gerald F. Else

by Gerald F. Else

234 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1977

About the author

Else studied classics and philosophy at Harvard University and finished his PhD there in 1934. He taught at University of Harvard until he joined the U.S. Marine Corps as a Captain in 1943. After completing his service, in 1945 he became chair of the University of Iowa Classics Department, and in 1954 went to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he remained for the rest of his career. He was chair of that department from 1957-1968. During that time he founded the Center for Coordination of Ancient and Modern Studies, seeking to unite the humanities and to show how the study of the ancient world is relevant to modern literature and modern concerns.