Charles H. Beeson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles H. Beeson

American classical and medieval Latin scholar

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1870

Place of Birth: Columbia City, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1949

Profession: classical scholar, ichthyologist, linguist, classical philologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Charles Henry Beeson (1870–1949) was an American classical scholar.
His book A Primer of Medieval Latin: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry (1925) has remained one of the leading texts for learning post-classical Latin.
In addition, he was an active researcher and reviewer, especially for the journal Classical Philology.
In 1935, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Beeson was born in Columbia City, Indiana.
In 1893, he received his A.B.
in classics from Indiana University.
In 1895, he received his A.M.
from Indiana.
In 1907, he received his Ph.D.
from Munich University.During World War I, he worked in the Military Intelligence Division (MID) Cryptography Department (MI-8).