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Gilbert Norwood (born 23 November 1880 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield; died 18 October 1954 in Toronto) was a British classical philologist and essayist.
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Gilbert Norwood (born 23 November 1880 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield; died 18 October 1954 in Toronto) was a British classical philologist and essayist.
Gilbert Norwood studied at St John's College of Cambridge University with John Edwin Sandys and Richard Claverhouse Jebb. After completing his Bachelor's degree (1903), he was employed as an Assistant Lecturer in Classics at the University of Manchester. He also completed his master's at Cambridge (1906) and was a Fellow at St. John's College from 1906 to 1909.
In 1908, Norwood was awarded a Professorship at University College in Cardiff (Professor of Greek). He stayed there for almost twenty years until 1926 when he was offered a professorship at University College in Toronto (Canada).
Norwood worked in Toronto until the end of his life. In 1928 he was appointed Professor of Classics and Director of Classical Studies. In the following years he received various international awards: in 1933 he received his doctorate from the University of Wales (Cardiff), in 1943 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 1943/1944 he was invited to the University of California, Berkeley as Sather Professor, in 1944/1945 he was visiting professor at the University of Chicago. Norwood retired in 1951.
Norwood's research focus was the ancient stage poetry, especially the Greek tragedy (Euripides) and comedy (Aristophanes) as well as the Roman comedy (Plautus and Terence). He published English translations of several pieces, monographic overviews of the genres and numerous essays on individual problems.
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