Martin R. P. McGuire

Martin Rawson Patrick McGuire (1897 - 15 March 1969) was an American classicist and the senior editor of The New Catholic Encyclopedia , for which he wrote 114 articles.

Early life

Martin Rawson Patrick McGuire was born in 1897. ^[1]

Career

McGuire spent his whole career at The Catholic University of America, joining as a graduate assistant while he studied for his MA. He received his PhD there in 1927 for a dissertation on St. Ambrose. He became, in succession, ordinary professor, graduate dean, and chair of the Department of Greek and Latin from 1949 to 1962. ^[1]

He was senior editor of The New Catholic Encyclopedia , for which he wrote 114 articles. ^[2]

Death

McGuire died on 15 March 1969. ^[2]

Selected publications

• Sancti S. Ambrosii De Nabuthae: A commentary &c., Washington D.C., 1927. (Translator) (Patristic Studies No. 15)
• The Confessions of St. Augustine: Books I-IX (Selections), Prentice-Hall, New York, 1931. (Introduction, notes and vocabulary, with James Marshall Campbell) (Reprinted by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1984, 2007).
• Introduction to classical scholarship: A syllabus and bibliographical guide, Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C., 1961. (2nd edition 1968)
• Teaching Latin in the modern world, Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C., 1961.
• The political and cultural history of the ancient world: A syllabus, with suggested readings, Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C., 1961.
• Introduction to medieval Latin studies: A syllabus and bibliographical guide, 2nd edition, Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C., 1977. ISBN   9780813205427 (With Hermigild Dressler)

References

1. Departmental Funds. The Catholic University of America. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
2. Briggs, Ward W. Jr. (Ed.) (1994). Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 387–389. ISBN   978-0-313-24560-2.