Sir Arthur Wallace Pickard-Cambridge (20 January 1873 - 7 February 1952) was a British classicist

Classics

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 and one of the greatest authorities on the theatre of ancient Greece

Theatre of Ancient Greece

The theatre of Ancient Greece, or ancient Greek drama, is a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece between c. 550 and c. 220 BC. The city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political and military power during this period, was its centre, where it was...

 in the first half of the 20th century.

Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth

Bloxworth

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 Rectory to the Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge

The Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS was an English clergyman and zoologist.Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset, the fifth son of Revd George Pickard, rector and squire of Bloxworth: the family changed their name to Pickard-Cambridge in 1848...

 (1828-1917), a naturalist and entomologist.
He served as a fellow and tutor at Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College, Oxford

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 (1897-1929), Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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 (1928-1930) and Vice-chancellor

Chancellor (education)

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 of Sheffield University from 1930 to 1938. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1934.

Works

• 1927. Dithyramb Tragedy and Comedy. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997. ISBN 0198142277.
• 1946. The Theatre of Dionysus in Athens.
• 1953. The Dramatic Festivals of Athens. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon P, 1988. ISBN 0198142587.

Quotations

I rank examinations as they are treated in most schools as among the worst enemies to education, to freedom of thought, and independence of judgment.

Letter to the Daily Mirror 1935

Everything is done for us nowadays: we have lost our independence of thought. On every side we see men like sheep taking passively what is given to them.. getting even their standard of taste from the radio in this 'Switch it on' and 'Put me through' age.

Address to the Congress of Universities of the British Empire, 1936