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H. J. Rose

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British classical philologist (1883-1961)

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Herbert Jennings Rose FBA was a Canadian-born British classical scholar, best remembered as the author of A Handbook of Greek Mythology, originally published in 1928, which became for many years the standard student reference book on the subject, reaching a sixth edition by 1958.

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1904Rhodes Scholarship
Fellow of the British Academy

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Herbert Jennings Rose FBA was a Canadian-born British classical scholar, best remembered as the author of A Handbook of Greek Mythology, originally published in 1928, which became for many years the standard student reference book on the subject, reaching a sixth edition by 1958. Rose's Handbook was brought up-to-date along the same framework by Robin Hard, in The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology, a project that began as a mere revision.

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Lived 1883 to 1961 · aged 78
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