James Leigh Strachan-Davidson

Portrait, oil on canvas, of James Leigh Strachan-Davidson (1843–1916) by Sir George Reid (1841–1913).

James Leigh Strachan-Davidson (born Strachan) (22 October 1843 – 28 March 1916) was an English classical scholar, born at Byfleet, Surrey, southern England.^[1]

Strachan-Davidson was educated at Leamington College and at Balliol College, Oxford. He graduated from Oxford with first-class honours in both Classical Moderations (1864) and Literae Humaniores (1866).^[2] He was appointed Fellow and Classical Tutor at Balliol in 1872 and was Master of the college from 1907.^[3] He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the universities of St Andrews and Glasgow. His publications include an edition of Selections from Polybius (1888); of Appian, Civil Wars, Book I (1902); Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic (1894); Problems of the Roman Criminal Law (two volumes, 1914, available online: Volume 1 and Volume 2.

References

↑ Mackail, J. W. (1925). James Leigh Strachan-Davidson Master of Balliol: a Memoir. Oxford University Press. p. 10.
↑ Oxford University Calendar 1895, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1895, 177, 305
↑ Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "Balliol College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 82–95. Retrieved August 16, 2011.

Sources

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

Academic offices
Preceded by Edward Caird	Master of Balliol College, Oxford 1907–1916	Succeeded by Arthur Lionel Smith

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[1] Mackail, J. W. (1925). James Leigh Strachan-Davidson Master of Balliol: a Memoir. Oxford University Press. p. 10.

[2] Oxford University Calendar 1895, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1895, 177, 305

[3] Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "Balliol College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 82–95. Retrieved August 16, 2011.