Victor Bers

Victor Bers
Born	(1944-08-30) August 30, 1944 (age 80) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Education	University of Chicago (AB) New College, Oxford (BA) Harvard University (PhD)
Occupations	Philologist classicist professor
Years active	1972–2018
Spouse	Susan Adler ​ (m. 1966)​
Father	Lipman Bers

Victor Bers (born August 30, 1944) is an American philologist and classicist. He serves as Professor Emeritus of Classics at Yale University, ^[1] where he taught since 1972 before retiring in 2018. ^[2] Prior to retiring, he served as a Director of the American Philological Association (now the Society for Classical Studies). ^[3] Bers is the son of mathematician Lipman Bers. ^[4]

Biography

Early life and education

Bers was born on August 30, 1944, in Providence, Rhode Island. he is the son of the mathematician Lipman Bers, who created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions. ^[5]

Bers was educated at Albert Leonard Junior High School ^[6] and New Rochelle High School. He matriculated at the University of Chicago, where he would graduate with a bachelor's degree with distinction. Afterwards, he attained a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to study at New College, Oxford, where he would obtain a second degree. ^[7] In 1972, he completed studies for his Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard University. His dissertation was entitled "Enallage and Greek Style." ^[8] That same year, he joined the faculty of Yale University. ^[7]

Career

In 1975, Bers was appointed a fellow at Yale. He would spend the majority of his career at the university, becoming a full-time professor in 1989. ^[9] In 1999, he was named a Director of the American Philological Association. ^[10]

Publications

Books

• Bers, Victor (2008). Genos Dikanikon: Amateur and Professional Speech in the Courtrooms of Classical Athens. Washington, D.C.: Center for Hellenic Studies. ISBN   978-0674032033.
• Bers, Victor (1997). Speech in speech: Studies in Incorporated Oratio Recta in Attic Drama and Oratory. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9780847684502.
• Bers, Victor (1984). Greek Poetic Syntax in the Classical Age. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN   9780300028126.

References

1. Redden, Elizabeth (2012-03-28). "Whose Yale College?". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
2. "Victor Bers | Henry Koerner Center for Emeritus Faculty". emeritus.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
3. "2001 Annual Meeting Program | Society for Classical Studies". classicalstudies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
4. "Victor Bers to Wed Miss Susan Adler". The New York Times. 1966-08-24. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-03-10.
5. Read "Biographical Memoirs: Volume 80" at NAP.edu.
6. "The Standard-Star 10 Apr 1959, page 14" . Retrieved 2023-03-10.
7. "Victor Bers | Faculty of Arts and Sciences". fas.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
8. Bers, Victor (2018-06-22). Enallage and Greek Style. Brill. ISBN   978-90-04-32738-2.
9. Bers, Victor (1989). "Review of Sophocles: Antigone and Oedipus the King. A Companion to the Penguin Translation" . The Classical World. 83 (2): 117–118. doi:10.2307/4350562. ISSN   0009-8418. JSTOR   4350562.
10. "1999 Annual Meeting Program | Society for Classical Studies". classicalstudies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-10.

External links

• Page at Semantic Scholar
• Page at Academia