Bernard Knox

Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox (November 24, 1914 July 22, 2010) was an English classicist, author, and critic who became an American citizen. He was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government’s highest honor for achievement in the humanities.

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Works by Bernard Knox:

The Oldest Dead White European Males

Book by Bernard Knox

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