Francis R. B. Godolphin (April 8, 1903 - December 29, 1974) was an American classicist and educator. [1] He used the nickname "Frisco" with friends. [2]
He was born in 1903 in Del Rio, Texas. He attended Princeton University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1924. He received an M.A. from New York University in 1926. He returned to Princeton for doctoral study and received his Ph.D. in 1929. [1] . His dissertation was titled "The Chronology of Greek Middle Comedy." [3] [2]
Godolphin was an instructor at New York University, the New Jersey College for Women, and Princeton. [2] After completing his doctorate, he became part of the permanent Princeton faculty. [1]
During the Second World War, Godolphin served in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater. He rose to the rank of captain. [1]
Returning to Princeton in 1945, he was made dean of the College. He held that office until 1955. [1] From 1946 until his retirement, he was Musgrave Professor of Latin. [2]
Godolphin edited three volumes of the Modern Library: The Greek Historians (1942) [4] , The Latin Poets (1949) [5] , and Great Classical Myths (1964). [1]
He retired from Princeton in 1970 and died in Tucson, Arizona in 1974. [1]