Albert William Van Buren

Albert William Van Buren (February 17, 1878 Milford, Connecticut - February 4, 1968) was an American classicist, professor, and librarian. He had expertise in Roman epigraphy, numismatics, and bibliography. He was awarded a prize in Classical Studies and Archaeology by the American Academy in Rome in 1906. Van Buren earned a B.A. in 1900 and a PhD in 1915 from Yale University.

Early life and career

Albert William Van Buren was born in Milford, Connecticut, and was an American classicist, professor, and librarian.[1]

Van Buren was an instructor at Yale University between 1906 and 1908. He served as a librarian at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome from 1908 to 1926. He also worked as a lecturer, for the same institution between 1908 and 1911.

He married the British Classical and Near-eastern archaeologist Elizabeth Douglas on 19 August 1914.[2]

He subsequently became an Associate Professor of Archaeology (1911–23), Professor (1923–46), and eventually as Editor in Chief and Curator of the American Academy in Rome collections (1926–46).[3] He was awarded a gold medal by the American Academy in Rome in 1962.

He had expertise in Roman epigraphy, numismatics, and bibliography. He was awarded a prize in Classical Studies and Archaeology by the American Academy in Rome in 1906.[4]

Fellowships, honors and awards

  • Royal Numismatics Society, London
  • Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
  • German Archaeological Institute
  • Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia
  • Pontificia Insigne Accademia di Belle Arti e Letteratura dei Virtuosi al Pantheon, Honorary Member
  • Keats-Shelley Memorial Association

Publications

  • Van Buren, A. W., 1907. 'Inscription of the Charioteer Menander.' American Journal of Archaeology 11: 179-81.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1908. 'The Palimpsest of Cicero's "De Re Publica": A Transcription, with Introduction.' Supplementary Papers of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome 2: 84-262.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1912. 'Inscriptions from Rome.' American Journal of Archaeology 16: 97-100.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1912-13. 'The Geography of Ancient Italy.' Classical Journal 8: 286-92, 327-40.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1913. 'The Ara Pacis Augustae.' Journal of Roman Studies 3: 134-41.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1918. 'Studies in the Archaeology of the Forum at Pompei.' Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 2: 67-76.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1925. 'Further Studies in Pompeian Archaeology.' Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 5: 103-13.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1926. 'Epigraphical Salvage from Pompeii.' American Journal of Philology 47: 177-79.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1926-42. 'Annual "News Items from Rome." American Journal of Archaeology 30-46: 1926-42.
  • Van Buren, A. W., with Sir James George Frazer, ed., 1930. Graecia Antiqua, Maps and Plans to Illustrate Pausania's Description of Greece. London.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1933. 'Antiquities of the Janiculum.' Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 11: 69-79.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1936. Ancient Rome as Revealed by Recent Discoveries. London.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1938. 'Pinocothecae, with Special Reference to Pompeii.' Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 15: 70-81.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1944. 'Laurentinum Plinii Minoris (Ep. II, 17).' Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia 20: 166-92.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1948-52. 'Annual "News from Italy.' American Journal of Archaeology 52-56.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1953. A Bibliographical Guide to Latium and Southern Etruria, 5th edition. Rome.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1953-70. 'Annual "News Letter from Rome.' American Journal of Archaeology 57-70.
  • Van Buren, A. W., 1956. 'Alcune osservazioni riguardanti materiale pompeiano.' Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia 28: 31-43.

References

  1. ^ Brown, F. E., 1969-70. 'Albert William Van Buren.' Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia 42: 31-36. Who Was Who in America.
  2. ^ Geffcken, Katherine A. "The History of the Collection". In Bonfante, Larissa; Nagy, Helen; Collins-Clinton, Jacquelyn (eds.). The Collection of Antiquities of the American Academy in Rome. p. 41.
  3. ^ Bonfante, Larissa; Nagy, Helen; Collins-Clinton, Jacquelyn (2015). "The Collection of Antiquities of the American Academy in Rome". Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary Volumes. 11: iii–388. ISSN 1940-0977. JSTOR 44423372.
  4. ^ The Centennial Directory of the American Academy in Rome: 316

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