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List of Professors
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Years at Michigan | Position | |
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Alan D. Code |
1991 - 1992 | Professor of Classical Studies, Philosophy |
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Albert Henderson Pattengill |
1870 - 1906 | Professor of Greek |
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Albert Robinson Crittenden |
1910 - 1933 | Professor of Classical Studies |
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Ann Ellis Hanson |
1997 - 1999 | Professor of Greek and Latin |
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Anthony T. Edwards |
1982 - 1988 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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Arthur Fairbanks |
1906 - 1907 | Professor of Classical Studies, Greek Language and Literature, Greek Archaeology |
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Benjamin Braman |
1855 - 1856 | Professor of Latin Language and Literature |
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Benjamin D. Meritt |
1926 - 1933 | Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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Benjamin L. D’Ooge |
1885 - 1886 | Instructor in Latin |
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Bruno Meinecke |
1925 - 1956 | Professor of Latin |
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Campbell Bonner |
1907 - 1946 | Professor of Classical Studies, Greek |
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Charles Mills Gayley |
1880 - 1889 | Professor of Latin |
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Charles Witke |
1971 - 2001 | Professor of Greek and Latin |
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Clarence Linton Meader |
1893 - 1938 | Professor of Latin, Sanskrit, Russian, Comparative Philology and General Linguistics |
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Clark Hopkins |
1936 - 1966 | Professor of Classical Studies, Classical Art and Architecture |
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David O. Ross |
1974 - 2002 | Professor of Greek and Latin |
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David Roy Shackleton Bailey |
1968 - 1975 | Professor of Latin |
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Deborah Pennell Ross |
1999 - 2002 | Assistant Professor of Latin Pedogogy |
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Debra Hershkowitz |
1998 - 2000 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies |
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Dirk D. Obbink |
2003 - 2007 | Professor of Classical Studies |
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Duane Reed Stuart |
1901 - 1902 | Instructor in Latin |
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Elisha Jones |
1870 - 1888 | Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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Emory B. Lease |
1896 - 1897 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies |
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Enoch Ernest Peterson |
1926 - 1962 |
Lecturer in Classical Studies Director Kelsey Museum of Archaeology |
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Erastus Otis Haven |
1852 - 1881 |
President of the University of Michigan Chair of Latin Language and Literature, History and English Literature |
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Farouk F. Grewing |
2004 - 2005 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies |
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Francis Willey Kelsey |
1889 - 1927 | Professor of Classical Studies, Latin Language and Literature |
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Frank Egleston Robbins |
1912 - 1954 |
Assistant Professor of Greek 1912-1920 Assistant to the President Director of the University Press |
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Frank Olin Copley |
1934 - 1977 | Professor of Latin |
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Fred S. Dunham |
1930 - 1951 | Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Latin |
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Gailann Rickert |
1984 - 1990 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies |
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Gerald F. Else |
1957 - 1977 |
Professor of Latin and Greek Chair of Department of Classical Studies |
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Gerda M. Seligson |
1956 - 1979 | Professor of Latin |
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Glenn M. Knudsvig |
1963 - 1998 | Professor of Latin |
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Gregory Dobrov |
1992 - 1998 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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H. Don Cameron |
1964 |
Professor of Greek & Latin Chair Department of Classical Studies Curator in Museum of Zoology |
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Harold Y. McCulloch Jr. |
1978 - 1986 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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Henry A. Sanders |
1893 - 1938 |
Professor of Speech, Phonetics and General Linguistics Chair of Speech, Phonetics and General Linguistics Professor of Latin |
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Henry Simmons Frieze |
1854 - 1889 |
Professor of Classical Studies Dean of Literary Faculty Acting President of the University of Michigan |
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Herbert Chayyim Youtie |
1929 - 1975 | Research Professor of Papyrology |
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Herbert Fletcher DeCou |
1892 - 1895 | Instructor in Greek & Sanskrit |
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James Eugene Dunlap |
1917 - 1960 |
Professor of Classical Studies Chair of Department of Classical Studies |
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James I Porter |
1986 - 2008 | Professor of Greek, Latin & Comparative Studies |
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James Robinson Boise |
1852 - 1868 | Professor of Classical Studies, Latin and Greek |
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Jeffrey J. Henderson |
1978 - 1983 | Associate Professor of Classical Studies |
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John A Hanson Jr |
1955 - 1964 | Assistant Professor of Latin & Greek |
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John Carew Rolfe |
1890 - 1902 | Professor of Latin |
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John David Dillery |
1997 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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John F. Cherry |
1993 - 2005 | Professor of Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology and Greek |
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John Garrett Winter |
1906 - 1951 |
Professor of Latin Language and Literature Director of the Museum of Archaeology |
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John Griffiths Pedley |
1965 - 2002 | Professor of Classical Archaeology and Greek |
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John H. D'Arms |
1965 - 2000 |
Professor of Classical Studies, History Dean of the Graduate School Gerald F. Else Professor of Humanities |
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John H. Humphrey |
1974 - 1994 | Professor of Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology and Latin |
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John Holmes Agnew |
1845 - 1852 |
Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin President of the Faculty |
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Joseph Whiting |
1841 - 1845 | Professor of Languages |
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K. Saran Myers |
1992 - 1997 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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Ludwig Koenen |
1975 - 2002 | Herbert C. Youtie Distinguished University Professor of Papyrology |
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Martin Luther D'Ooge |
1867 - 1912 | Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Ancient Languages |
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Michelle Walters Gellrich |
1982 - 1986 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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Orma Fitch Butler |
1914 - 1938 |
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Latin Curator of Archaeological Collections |
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Orsamus Merrill Pearl |
1938 - 1978 | Professor of Greek |
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Patricia Rosenmeyer |
1987 - 1990 | Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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Roger Ambrose Pack |
1938 - 1975 | Professor of Greek and Latin |
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Sarah C. Humphreys |
1987 - 2000 | Professor of History, Anthropology, Classical Studies |
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Silas Wright Dunning |
1860 | Instructor in Latin & German |
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Stephen E. Hinds |
1986 - 1992 | Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Greek and Latin |
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Susan E. Alcock |
1992 - 2005 | Professor of Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology and Classics |
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Theodore V. Buttrey |
1964 - 1985 |
Professor of Greek and Latin & Classical Studies Chair Department of Classical Studies Director Kelsey Museum |
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Traianos Gagos |
1991 - 2011 |
Professor of Papyrology & Greek Assistant Research Scientist, Kelsey Museum |
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Waldo E. Sweet |
1946 - 1982 | Professor of Latin |
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Walter Dennison |
1897 - 1908 | Junior Professor of Latin |
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Warren Everett Blake |
1928 - 1966 | Professor of Classical Studies, Greek Language and Literature |
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Zane Udris |
1976 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies |