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Hackforth, R. (Reginald), 1887-1957

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Personal name headingHackforth, R. (Reginald), 1887-1957
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Variant(s)Hackforth, Reginald, 1887-1957.
Birth date1887-08-17
Death date1957-05-06
Place of birthLondon, England
Place of deathCambridge, England
Field of activityancient philosophy Plato
AffiliationUniversity of Cambridge
Profession or occupationprofessor
Found inHis The authorship of the Platonic epistles, 1913.
Plato's Phaedo, 1972: title page (R. Hackforth, F.B.A., formerly emeritus professor of ancient philosophy in the University of Cambridge)
Wikipedia, 18 August 2011 (Reginal Hackforth, born 17 August 1887 in London; died 6 May 1957 in Cambridge; English classical scholar, known for his work on Plato)
London times obituary dated 7 May 1957: p. 13 (Reginald Hackforth, emeritus Laurence professor of ancient philosophy at Cambridge; died 6 May 1957; born August 17, 1887; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; assistant lecturer at Manchester University, 1910; Classical Lecturer at Sidney Sussex Clllege, Cambridge, 1912-1939; University lecturer in Classics 1926-1939; Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, 1939-1952)
Associated languageeng