David Monro (scholar)
David Binning Monro,
Life
David Monro was born in
Academic work
Monro was a
Monro's article on Homer, written for the 9th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, was revised by him for later versions before he died.[1] He also wrote The Modes of Ancient Greek Music (1894).
Death
On 22 August 1905, Monro died of heart disease in Heiden, Switzerland. He is buried in Holywell Cemetery in Oxford.[4]
Collections
Upon Monro's death in 1905,[5] a number of his friends purchased, by subscription, over 1000 volumes from his library in his memory. These works were on Homeric studies and were mainly 19th century. They were presented to the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford.[6][7]
Monro himself had left Oriel College c.1000 volumes on comparative philology and mythology, most of which are now on permanent loan to the library of the Taylor Institution in Oxford.[8] He left his books on Greek Music and Mathematics, and editions of William Thackeray and Matthew Arnold, to friends.[9]
Selected works
- A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect (2nd ed., 1891)
- Homer: Iliad, Books I-XII, with an Introduction, a Brief Homeric Grammar, and Notes(3rd ed., 1890)
- Homer: Iliad, Books XIII-XXIV, with Notes (4th ed., 1903)
- The Modes of Ancient Greek Music (1894)
References
- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Monro, David Binning". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 736.
- ^ "University intelligence - Oxford". The Times. No. 36582. London. 10 October 1901. p. 8.
- ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35070. Retrieved 7 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Craster, Edmund (1952). History of the Bodleian Library, 1845-1945. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 182.
- ^ Wilson, John Cook (1907). David Binning Monro: a short memoir. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 14.
- ^ "Rare Books Named Collection Descriptions". Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Rare Books Named Collection Descriptions". Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Wilson, John Cook (1907). David Bidding Monro: a short memoir. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 14. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
Sources
External links
Works by or about David Binning Monro at Wikisource- Works by David Binning Monro at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about David Monro at Internet Archive
