James Leigh Strachan-Davidson
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James Leigh Strachan-Davidson (1843 – 28 March 1916) was an English classical scholar, born at Penrith, Cumbria, northern England.
Strachan-Davidson was educated at Leamington College and at Balliol College, Oxford, and from 1907 was Master of Balliol.[1] He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the universities of St Andrews and Glasgow. His publications include an edition of Selections from Polybius (1888); of Appian, Civil Wars, book i (1902); Life of Cicero (1901); Problems of the Roman Criminal Law (two volumes, 1914).
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- ^ Salter, H. E. and Lobel, Mary D., ed. (1954). "Balliol College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 82–95. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63873. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
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- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
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| Preceded by Edward Caird |
Master of Balliol College, Oxford 1907–1916 |
Succeeded by Arthur Lionel Smith |
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