Roland Grubb Kent
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Roland Grubb Kent was the founder of the Linguistic Society of America
. He was the first to translate Varro
's De Lingua Latina into English. His 1903 doctoral thesis on the history of Thessaly
traces the history of the country with particular attention to the times between 600 and 300 BC. Unfortunately, only Chapter V and two appendices were published, and the bulk of his dissertation, according to the University of Philadelphia, is currently lost. His Old Persian: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon is one of the seminal works on the subject.
Linguistic Society of America
The Linguistic Society of America is a professional society for linguists. It was founded in 1924 to advance linguistics, the scientific study of human language. The LSA has over 5,000 individual members and welcomes linguists of all kinds. It works to advance the discipline and to communicate...
. He was the first to translate Varro
Varro
Varro was a Roman cognomen carried by:*Marcus Terentius Varro, sometimes known as Varro Reatinus, the scholar*Publius Terentius Varro or Varro Atacinus, the poet*Gaius Terentius Varro, the consul defeated at the battle of Cannae...
's De Lingua Latina into English. His 1903 doctoral thesis on the history of Thessaly
Thessaly
Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
traces the history of the country with particular attention to the times between 600 and 300 BC. Unfortunately, only Chapter V and two appendices were published, and the bulk of his dissertation, according to the University of Philadelphia, is currently lost. His Old Persian: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon is one of the seminal works on the subject.