Background
Lattimore, Richmond was born on May 6, 1906 in Paotingfu, China, (parents United States citizens). Son of David and Margaret (Barnes) Lattimore.
Lattimore, Richmond was born on May 6, 1906 in Paotingfu, China, (parents United States citizens). Son of David and Margaret (Barnes) Lattimore.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1926. Bachelor of Arts, Oxford (Rhodes scholar from Indiana at Christ Church, 1929-1932), 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1935.
Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, 1934-1935. Doctor of Letters, Dartmouth, 1958. Master of Arts, Oxford, 1964.
Assistant in classics, English, University of Illinois, 1926-1928, assistant in philosophy, 1933-1934. Assistant professor, Wabash College, 1928-1929. Member of faculty Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College since 1935, professor of Greek since 1948.
Rockefeller post war fellowship, 1946. Visiting lecturer, U. Chicago, 1947, Columbia, 1948, 50. Turnbull lecturer Johns Hopkins, 1956.
Lord Northcliffe lecturer U. College. London, 1961.
Author: Themes in Greek and Latin Epitaphs, 1943. The Odes of Pindar, 1947. The Iliad of Homer, 1951.
The Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1953. Greek Lyrics, 1955
Poems, 1957. The Poetry of Greek Tragedy, 1958.
Hesiod, 1959
Sestina for a Far-Off Summer, 1962. Story Patterns in Greek Tragedy, 1964. The Stride of Time, 1966.
Author (translator)
The Frogs of Aristophanes, 1962 (recipient Bolligen Translation Prize). The Revelation of John, 1962. Editor: (with David Greene) The Complete Greek Tragedies.
Contributor educational and literature journals.
Served from Lieutenant (junior grade) to Lieutenant United States Navy Reserve. Member American Philosophical Society, National Institute of Arts and Letters, also. Club: Merion Cricket.
Married Alice Bockstahler, August 31, 1935. Children: Steven, Alexander.