GB 0505 PP9 - MACGREGOR, Professor John Marshall (1879-1936)

1 box or 0.01m3

Presented to Bedford College by the family in 1936-1937. The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.
GB 0505 PP9 [1903-1937] Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01m3 MacGregor , John Marshall , Professor of Classics

Born 1879; educated Wallasey Grammar School, the Wirral, University College, Liverpool, Victoria University, Manchester, and Balliol College, Oxford University; Assistant Lecturer in Latin and Classics, Liverpool University, 1903-1908; Reader in Greek, 1908-1928, and Professor of Greek, 1928-1936, Bedford College, University of London; Head of Greek Department, Bedford College, 1908-1936; died 1936.

Publications: translation of The birds and the frogs by Aristophanes (E. Arnold and Co, London, 1927); editor of The olynthiac speeches of Demosthenes (University Press, Cambridge, 1915); Leaves of Hellas: essays on some aspects of Greek literature (E. Arnold and Co, London, 1926); Studies and diversions in Greek literature (E. Arnold and Co, London, 1937); introduction and notes for an edition of Ion by Plato (1912).

Presented to Bedford College by the family in 1936-1937. The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.

Manuscripts and typescripts of MacGregor's work, notably translations into rhymed English verse of The clouds and The knights by Aristophanes; and three essays entitled 'The touch of nature' on the relationship between modern and ancient Greek culture, 'The adventurous Methodist' on warfare in ancient Greece, and 'Fish, flesh and fowl' on Aelian's Historical diversions and On the peculiarities of animals. Material relating to the binding and publication of MacGregor's manuscripts following his death, 1937.

The papers are arranged in files according to subject.

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
English

Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives hold details of the posthumous publication of Studies and diversions in Greek literature (E. Arnold and Co, London, 1937), with the help of funds raised by the staff and students of Bedford College in the Bedford College Students Association Report, Jan 1937 (BC AS903). Other information regarding MacGregor may be found in his personnel file (BC AR150/D296) and in the press cuttings relating to the College (BC RF129/1/14).

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Manuscripts and typescripts of MacGregor's work, notably translations into rhymed English verse of The clouds and The knights by Aristophanes; and three essays entitled 'The touch of nature' on the relationship between modern and ancient Greek culture, 'The adventurous Methodist' on warfare in ancient Greece, and 'Fish, flesh and fowl' on Aelian's Historical diversions and On the peculiarities of animals. Material relating to the binding and publication of MacGregor's manuscripts following his death, 1937.

The papers are arranged in files according to subject.

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives hold details of the posthumous publication of Studies and diversions in Greek literature (E. Arnold and Co, London, 1937), with the help of funds raised by the staff and students of Bedford College in the Bedford College Students Association Report, Jan 1937 (BC AS903). Other information regarding MacGregor may be found in his personnel file (BC AR150/D296) and in the press cuttings relating to the College (BC RF129/1/14).

Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.

Compiled in compliance with general International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English