Harrer, Gustave Adolphus

Studies in the history of the Roman province of Syria. A dissertation presented to the faculty

Princeton, London & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 1915. 8vo, pp. 94; near fine in original printed gray wrappers. Gustavus Adolphus Harrer was appointed professor of Latin at UNC in 1915 and served until his death in 1943. He was a popular teacher and a mainstay of the department as a Latinist, directing 30 theses and 10 dissertations. Together with George Howe, he published two source books of classical literature, Roman Literature in Translation (1924) and Greek Literature in Translation (1924) in a new series, “The Spirit of the Classics,” established at that time by Harpers. Item #61282

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