Guy Lee

Arthur Guy Lee (5 November 1918 – 31 July 2005), known informally as Guy Lee, was a British Classical scholar and poet. He was particularly notable as a Latinist for his work on the Roman poets Ovid, Propertius, and Catullus.

Life and career

Lee was educated at Loretto School in Musselburgh, Scotland, before going up to St John's College, Cambridge. He taught at the University of Cambridge for most of his career, where he was a fellow of St John's College and served as its librarian. He died in Cambridge in 2005, and is buried at Ascension Parish Burial Ground.