Peter White (professor)

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Peter White
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Years active1968–present

Peter White is an American classicist and professor of Classical Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. [1] He specializes in the study of Roman poetics and Latin literature. [1]

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Education

White earned a B.A. from Boston College in 1963 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1972. [1]

Career

He has been a professor at the University of Chicago since 1968. [1]

He is the author of Promised Verse: Poets in the Society of Augustan Rome (1993). [1] The book received the American Philological Association’s Goodwin Award in 1995. [2] White also received the University of Chicago’s Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Peter White CV". University of Chicago. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  2. "Goodwin Award Winners". American Philological Association. Retrieved November 26, 2025.

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