Robert Drew Hicks
Robert Drew Hicks (1850 – 8 March 1929) was a classical scholar, and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
The son of William Hicks, head clerk in the post office at Bristol,[1] Hicks was born in 1850, was educated at Bristol Grammar School,[2] and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1868.[3] Graduating BA in 1874, he became a fellow of Trinity in 1876.[4] He was college lecturer in Classics from 1884 to 1900.[2] He married Bertha Mary Heath in 1896, who herself held an MA in Classics from the University of London.[3] His brother-in-law was Sir Thomas Heath.[2] Between 1898 and 1900 Robert Hicks became blind, but he nevertheless produced most of his major works after this time, aided by his wife.[3] He died at his home, Fossedene, at Mount Pleasant, Cambridge.[5]
His writings include:[2]
- a monumental edition of Aristotle's "De Anima" (1907).
- a small volume on the Stoics and Epicureans (1910).
- a summary of Greek philosophy for the Cambridge Companion to Greek Studies.
- a concise Latin dictionary in Braille (1921).
- his text and translation of Diogenes Laërtius for the Loeb Classical Library (1925).
He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
References
- ↑ Alumni Cantabrigienses part II, vol. III, John Venn, 1944, pg 360
- 1 2 3 4 The Times, Saturday, Mar 09, 1929; p. 14 -
Obituary. Mr. R. D. Hicks. A Blind Aristotelian Scholar. - 1 2 3 Herbert S. Long, Preface to the 1972 reprint of Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I. Loeb Classical Library
- ↑ "Hicks, Robert Drew (HKS870RD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Alumni Cantabrigienses part II, vol. III, John Venn, 1944, pg 360
External links
- Works written by or about Robert Drew Hicks at Wikisource
- Works by or about Robert Drew Hicks at Internet Archive
- Works by Robert Drew Hicks at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Robert Drew Hicks at Find a Grave