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Spouse(s)
  
Zilpha Marie Vernon


Name
  
Grant Showerman

Born
  
9 January 1870 (
1870-01-09
)
Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Parent(s)
  
Hiram Parker and Ellen Augusta Parker

Relatives
  
Luther Parker (grandfather)

Died
  
1935, Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Education
  
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Books
  
Horace And His Influence, The great mother of the gods, Eternal Rome: The City and It, Rome and the Romans

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

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Career overview

Grant Showerman was born in Brookfield, Wisconsin in 1870. 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. Showerman House in Kronshage Hall is named after him.

Works

  • With the Professor, Henry Holt and Company, 1910.
  • Horace and His Influence, The Plimpton Press, 1922.
  • Eternal Rome, 2 Vol., Yale University Press, 1924.
  • Rome and the Romans; A Survey and Interpretation, The Macmillan Company, 1931.
  • Monuments and Men of Ancient Rome, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935.

    • Other publications

  • "Attis." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. II, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909.
  • "Criobolium." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. IV, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909.
  • "Cybele." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. IV, Charles Scribner's Sons, 19089.
  • "Death and Disposal of the Dead." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. IV, Charles Scribner's Sons, 19098.
  • "Criobolium." In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. VII, 1911.
  • "Curetes." In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. VII, 1911.
  • "Mithras." In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. XVIII, 1911.
  • "Rhea." In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. XXIII, 1911.
  • "Taurobolium.” In: Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), Vol. XXVI, 1911.
  • Franz Cumont, The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism, with an introductory essay by Grant Showerman, Open Court Pub. Co., 1911.
  • "Isis." In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. VII, 1914.
  • "Martial's Epigrams." In: Encyclopædia Americana, Vol. XVIII, 1919.
  • "Taurobolium.” In: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. XII, 1921.

    • References

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