George A. Kennedy
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George Alexander Kennedy (born 1928) is a contemporary scholar of classical rhetoric and literature.
Kennedy received his Ph.D. in classics from Harvard University
in 1954 with a dissertation entitled "PROLEGOMENA AND COMMENTARY TO QUINTILIAN VIII (PR. & 1-3)". Kennedy taught classics, comparative literature, and rhetoric at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for twenty-eight years. He retired as George L. Paddison
professor of classics. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society
. Under President Jimmy Carter and President Ronald Reagan, Kennedy served on the National Council on the Humanities
and was also president of the American Philological Association
and of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric
.
Kennedy has also been the editor of the American Journal of Philology
.
Kennedy received his Ph.D. in classics from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1954 with a dissertation entitled "PROLEGOMENA AND COMMENTARY TO QUINTILIAN VIII (PR. & 1-3)". Kennedy taught classics, comparative literature, and rhetoric at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for twenty-eight years. He retired as George L. Paddison
George L. Paddison
George Lucas Paddison was an American assistant professor, lawyer, and sales supervisor.George Paddison, a native of North Carolina, studied chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1905. He studied further at Kentucky State University and...
professor of classics. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743, and located in Philadelphia, Pa., is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, that promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications,...
. Under President Jimmy Carter and President Ronald Reagan, Kennedy served on the National Council on the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
and was also president of the American Philological Association
American Philological Association
The American Philological Association , founded in 1869, is a non-profit North American scholarly organization devoted to all aspects of Greek and Roman civilization...
and of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric
International Society for the History of Rhetoric
The International Society for the History of Rhetoric was created in order to promote studies of rhetoric in theory and practice. It also emphasizes the relationship of rhetoric to other cultural contexts, such as poetics, literary theory and criticism, philosophy, politics, religion, law. The...
.
Kennedy has also been the editor of the American Journal of Philology
American Journal of Philology
The American Journal of Philology is a quarterly academic journal established in 1880 by the classical scholar Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. It covers the field of philology, and related areas of classical literature, linguistics, history, philosophy,...
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