Robert Sonkowsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Sonkowsky

American classical scholar

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1931

Place of Birth: Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 16-Nov-2014

Profession: classical scholar, classical philologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Robert Sonkowsky (September 16, 1931 - November 16, 2014) was a professor emeritus of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota.
He was an authority on Latin rhetoric and the pronunciation of Golden Age Latin.
His bachelor's degree was from Lawrence College (1954), and his PhD from the University of North Carolina (1958).
He was an Honorary Member of the Center for Chronobiology in the Mayo Building, Medical School. Sonkowsky was a leading authority on and a performer of oral renditions of classical texts.
He made the album Homer: The Death of Patroclus - Chapter XVI of the Iliad with Folkways Records as part of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
Numerous other recordings of his in classical Greek and Latin are available on the Internet.