Grant Showerman
Born(1870-01-09)January 9, 1870
Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedNovember 13, 1935(1935-11-13) (aged 65)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
SpouseZilpha Marie Vernon
Parent(s)Hiram Showerman and Ellen Augusta Parker
RelativesLuther Parker (grandfather)

Grant Showerman Ph.D. (January 9, 1870 – November 13, 1935) was an American classical scholar.

Career overview

Grant Showerman was born in Brookfield, Wisconsin in 1870.[1] He was educated at Carroll College and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he worked as instructor in Latin (1900–1909), and from 1909 until his death as professor of classics.[2] Showerman House in Kronshage Hall is named after him.

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References

  1. ^ "Showerman, Grant," Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994.
  2. ^ "Showerman, Grant 1870 - 1935," Dictionary of Wisconsin History.
  3. ^ Lodge, Gonzalez (1909). "Grant Showerman on the Making of a Professor," The Classical Weekly, Vol. 3, No. 9.
  4. ^ This article was later translated into Spanish. See "Arte y Decencia," Inter-América, Vol. VI, No. 1, 1922.

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