E. J. Kenney
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Edward John Kenney, FBA (29 February 1924 – 23 December 2019), usually known as E. J. Kenney, was a British Latinist who served as the Kennedy Professor of Latin until his retirement in 1984. Specialising in transmission and textual criticism, he was considered a leading expert on the work of Ovid and Lucretius.[2] He spent the majority of his career at Cambridge University, where he was an emeritus fellow of Peterhouse until his death in 2019.[3]
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Edward John Kenney | |
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Born | (1924-02-29)29 February 1924[1] |
Died | 23 December 2019(2019-12-23) (aged 95)[1] |
Academic background | |
Education | Christ's Hospital Trinity College, Cambridge |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classics |
Sub-discipline | Latin Literature Textual Criticism |
Institutions | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
Main interests | Ovid Lucretius |
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