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Bernard Knox
British-American classical scholar (1914-2010) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 95
Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was an English born American classicist, author, soldier, and professor who served as the founding director of Harvard University's Center for Hellenic Studies from 1962 to 1985.
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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.
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Robert HassBoth received PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Frederick CrewsBoth received PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayStanley FishBoth received PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Adam HochschildBoth received PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay