Background
CONACHER, Desmond was born on December 27, 1918 in Kingston. Son of William M. Conacher and Madeline M. (nee Cashel) Conacher.
CONACHER, Desmond was born on December 27, 1918 in Kingston. Son of William M. Conacher and Madeline M. (nee Cashel) Conacher.
Queen's University, Kingston, University of Chicago.
Lecturer in Classics Dalhousie University, Halifax 1946-1947. Assistant Professor Classics University of Saskatchewan 1947-1952, Association Professor 1952-1958. Association Professor Trinity College, University of Toronto 1958-1965, Professor 1965-1984, Professor Emeritus since 1984, Head Department, of Classics 1966-1972, Chairman 1972-1975.
Bonsall Visiting Professor Classics Department Stanford University 1981, Visiting Professor Princeton University 1987, University of Texas at Austin 1989. Nuffield Research Fellow, Oxford 1957-1958. Director American Philological Association 1974-1977.
Euripidean Drama 1967, Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound: A Literary Commentary 1980, Aeschylus’ Oresteia: A Literary' Commentary 1987, Euripides Alcestis (editor with translated, introduction and commentary) 1988. Articles on ancient Greek Tragedy in various classical journals.
Tennis.
Married Mary Smith in 1952.