George N. Olcott
George N. Olcott (September 19, 1869 Brooklyn, New York - March 2, 1913) was an American classicist and university teacher.
He graduated from Columbia University with a BA in 1893.[1] He received a prize in Classical studies and Archaeology from the American Academy in Rome in 1899.[2]
Career and employment
Olcott was associated with Columbia University as student and professor for fifteen years. At Columbia, he was employed as Lecturer (1898-1904), Assistant Professor (1901-4), and Professor (1905-13).[3][4]
Fellowships, honours, and awards
Olcott was Fellow at Columbia University in 1894-96 and was awarded a Drisler Travelling Fellowship in 1896-97.
Publications
- Olcott, G. N., 1898. Studies in the Word-Formation of the Latin Inscriptions: Substantives and Adjectives with Special Reference to the Latin Sermo Vulgaris. Rome.
- Olcott, G. N., 1899. Some Unpublished Inscriptions from Rome. American Journal of Archaeology 3: 229-39.
- Olcott, G. N., 1904-12. Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Epigraphicae: A Dictionary of Latin Inscriptions, 22 fasc.
- Olcott, G. N., 1906. Latin Inscriptions: Inedited or Corrected, American Journal of Archaeology 10: 154-58.
- Olcott, G. N., 1908. Unpublished Latin Inscriptions. American Journal of Archaeology 12: 39-46.
References
- ↑ Ingrid E.M. Edlund, "The Iron Age and Etruscan Vases in the Olcott Collection at Columbia University," Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 70.1 (1981): 6-8.
- ↑ "The centennial directory of the American Academy in Rome / edited by Benjamin G. Kohl for the Society of Fellows, Wayne A. Linker & Buff Suzanne Kavelman for ..." HathiTrust. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ↑ Anderson, William S.; Puhvel, Jaan (2023-11-15). California Studies in Classical Antiquity, Volume 12. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-33008-5. Search this book on
- ↑ Edlund, Ingrid E. M. (1980). "The Iron Age and Etruscan Vases in the Olcott Collection at Columbia University, New York". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 70 (1): 1–84. doi:10.2307/1006173. ISSN 0065-9746. JSTOR 1006173.
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