Victor Bers

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Victor Bers
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Born (1944-08-30) August 30, 1944 (age 79)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Education University of Chicago (AB)
New College, Oxford (BA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Occupations
  • Philologist
  • classicist
  • professor
Years active1972–2018
Spouse
Susan Adler
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(m. 1966)​
Parent

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]

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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]

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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. 1 2 "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.
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