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Walter Dennison was born on August 9, 1869 at Saline, near Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States; the son of James L. and Eliza J. (Flowers) Dennison.
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Walter Dennison was born on August 9, 1869 at Saline, near Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States; the son of James L. and Eliza J. (Flowers) Dennison.
Dennison received his early education in public schools, entered the University of Michigan, and was graduated in 1893 as bachelor of arts.
Upon graduation he was appointed to a fellowship for two years, the first of which he spent in the Graduate School of the University of Michigan, receiving the degree of Master of Arts. in 1894. The following year he spent in Europe, first at the University of Bonn, then in Italy. When the American School of Classical Studies in Rome was opened in 1895, Dennison received one of the two fellowships established in connection with the School, and his appointment was renewed for the year 1896-97.
One of the four papers which resulted from his studies in Rome, “The Epigraphic Sources of Suetonius, ” was accepted as a thesis by the University of Michigan, which granted him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1897. The paper was published in the American Journal of Archaeology in 1898.
Dennison was instructor in Latin in the University of Michigan, 1897-99; professor of Latin and Roman archeology at Oberlin College, 1899-1902; junior professor of Latin at the University of Michigan, 1902-10; and professor of Greek and Latin at Swarthmore College from 1910 until his death. In the year 1908-09 he was annual professor of Latin in the American School of Classical Studies in Rome.
He was a member of the American Philological Association and the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a member of the council of the Institute from 1916 until his death.
For three years, 1913-16, he was secretary of the Philadelphia Society of the Institute. He was (1913—17) associate editor of the Classical Weekly.
During his earlier stay in Italy Dennison came upon a collection of Latin inscriptions formed by the parish priest of Pozzuoli, De Criscio, which he published under the title, “Some New Inscriptions fromPuteoli, Baiac, Misenum, and Cumae, ” in the American Journal of Archaeology, in 1898. Eventually he secured the inscriptions themselves for the University of Michigan. During his year as annual professor in the school in Rome he attended an archeological congress at Cairo, and while there learned of the discovery of a gold treasure of the Roman period. This he recommended to the attention of Charles L. Freer of Detroit, who purchased it for his collection of objects of art. Dennison published, in addition to valuable articles, A Junior Latin Book (with John C. Rolfe, 1898), an edition of Livy, Book I and Selections from Books II-X (1908), revised editions of F. W. Kelsey’s Topical Outline of Latin Literature (1899) and H. S. Frieze’s Virgil’s Aeneid (1902).
At the time of his death the final proofs of his scholarly monograph, A Gold Treasure of the Late Roman Period, were awaiting his attention. It was published in 1918 as Part II of Volume XII of the University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series.
His death came upon him suddenly, as the result of pneumonia, while he was in the midst of the work which he loved and in which he excelled.
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Dennison was above the average height, well formed and of erect carriage. His hair and moustache were dark brown, with a reddish tinge. His habitual expression was kindly, gentle, and thoughtful. He was a very lovable man. As a teacher he impressed his students by the breadth and soundness of his learning, his high ideals of scholarship, his modesty and sincerity. His classes were cheery and pleasant, yet stimulating and thorough. He did not make his students work, but inspired them with the desire to learn. His interest in his pupils was hearty and unaffected. He knew them well, and they talked with him as with a friend. He had a gentle, kindly humor and refrained from all unkindly criticism. His colleagues found in him a friendly and considerate associate. He was an untiring worker, and organized his life so as to enable him to accomplish the tasks which he set out to accomplish.
On August 5, 1891 Dennison married Anna L. Green of Ypsilanti.