Bernard Knox
Bernard Knox | |
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| Born | 24 November 1914 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 22 July 2010 (aged 95) Bethesda, Maryland, United States |
| Occupation | Professor, author |
| Language | English |
| Education | St John's College, Cambridge (BA) Harvard University (MA) Yale University (PhD) |
| Genre | Classics |
| Notable works | The Norton Book of Classical Literature (1993); The Oldest Dead White European Males and Other Reflections on the Classics (1993); Introductions to The Iliad (1991), The Odyssey (1997), and The Aeneid (2006) |
| Notable awards | Jefferson Lecture (1992) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Republicans United States |
| Branch | International Brigades United States Army |
| Service years | 1936 1941-1945 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Conflicts | Spanish Civil War World War II |
Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox (November 24, 1914 – July 22, 2010) was an English classicist, author, and critic who became an American citizen. He was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities.