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Add. MS c/196
Title
J. D. Duff: letters from A. E. Housman, W. T. Vesey, W. T. Heitland, W. Wyse, and a letter from J. Conington to H. A. J. Munro
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- 1864-1933 (Creation)
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44 pieces
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Gift of P. W. Duff, Nov. 1970.
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Letters on questions of classical philology, many of them related to Duff's work on Silius Italicus' Punica. There are 15 letters, 1 post card and a sheet of notes dated 1921-1933 from A. E. Housman; 20 letters, cards, and notes from W. T. Vesey dated 1931-1932, and a letter from W. T. Heitland dated 4 Jan. 1933, from W. Wyse dated 25 July 1922, and a letter from J. Conington to H. A. J. Munro about his Lucretius dated 1 Dec. 1864.
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See also: Papers of James Duff Duff
Publication note
Archie Burnett, ed. The letters of A. E. Housman, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Accompanied by a spring-back folder with A. C. Duff's name on label inside front cover.
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- Duff, James Duff (1860-1940), classicist (Subject)
- Vesey, William Trevor (1854-1935) classical scholar, born William Trevor Lendrum (Subject)
- Heitland, William Emerton (1847-1935) classicist (Subject)
- Housman, Alfred Edward (1859-1936), poet and classical scholar (Subject)
- Wyse, William (1860-1929) classical scholar (Subject)
- Conington, John (1825-1869), classical scholar (Subject)
- Munro, Hugh Andrew Johnstone (1819-1885), classical scholar (Subject)
- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius Asconius (c 26-c 101) epic poet (Subject)