Francis R. B. Godolphin
American classical scholar (1903–1974
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Francis R. B. Godolphin (April 8, 1903 - December 29, 1974) was an American classicist and educator.[1] He used the nickname "Frisco" with friends.[2]
He was born in 1903 in Del Rio, Texas. He attended Princeton University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1924. He received an M.A. from New York University in 1926. He returned to Princeton for doctoral study and received his Ph.D. in 1929.[1] His dissertation was titled "The Chronology of Greek Middle Comedy."[3][2]
Godolphin was an instructor at New York University, the New Jersey College for Women, and Princeton.[2] After completing his doctorate, he became part of the permanent Princeton faculty. [1]
During the Second World War, Godolphin served in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater. He rose to the rank of captain.[1]
Returning to Princeton in 1945, he was made dean of the College. He held that office until 1955.[1] From 1946 until his retirement, he was Musgrave Professor of Latin.[2]
Godolphin edited three volumes of the Modern Library: The Greek Historians (1942),[4] The Latin Poets (1949),[5] and Great Classical Myths (1964).[1]
He retired from Princeton in 1970 and died in Tucson, Arizona in 1974.[1]