Lewis Campbell
1830–1908
Classical scholar. Fellow, Queen’s College, Oxford, 1855–8. Vicar, Milford, Hampshire, 1858–63. Professor of Greek, St Andrew’s University, 1863–92. At St Andrew’s, founded a Shakespearian and dramatic society, and took an active part in raising the standard of girls’ secondary education in Britain. Studied and published extensively on the works of Plato and Sophocles. Continued to write on classical literature in retirement.
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DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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