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William Harris Stahl

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William Harris Stahl (New York 20 December 1908 – 20 April 1969) was an American historian of science and professor of classics at New York University and Brooklyn College, known for his translation of Macrobius' Commentary on the Dream of Scipio and his 1962 book Roman Science.

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Stahl studied at the New York University and obtained his doctorate there in 1934 from the Graduate School of Arts and Science with the thesis The Moon in Early Medicine. He remained at NYU, eventually becoming chair of the Classics Department. In 1956 he became professor and head of the Department of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brooklyn College in New York.[1]

In 1969 Stahl had finished the first volume and was putting the finishing touches to the second volume of his book Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts when he died of a heart attack.[1][2] Volume I was published posthumously, and in 1977 E. L. Burge completed the second volume.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Boyer, Carl B. (Winter 1969). "Éloge: William Harris Stahl, 1908 -- 1969". Isis. 60 (4): 528–534. doi:10.1086/350539. ISSN 0021-1753.
  2. ^ "William H. Stahl Taught Classics: Ex-Head of Department at Brooklyn College Dies". New York Times. 22 April 1969. p. 47. Retrieved 19 May 2023.