Nationality American Role Author Fields Latin Parents William James Rolfe | Spouse Alice Griswold Bailey Uncles Samuel Rolfe Name John Rolfe | |
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Born October 15, 1859
Newburyport, Massachusetts ( 1859-10-15 ) Institutions Harvard University, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania Alma mater Harvard University, BA (1881), Cornell University, PhD (1885) Died March 26, 1943, Alexandria, Virginia, United States Books Cicero and his influence, Discoveries at Plataia in 1889 Grandparents Lydia Davis Moulton, John Rolfe Similar People Sallust, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Andrew Dickson White | ||
John Carew Rolfe, Ph.D. (October 15, 1859 in Newburyport, Massachusetts – March 26, 1943) was an American classical scholar, the son of William J. Rolfe.
Rolfe graduated from Harvard University in 1881 and from Cornell University (Ph.D.) in 1885.
Rolfe taught at Cornell (1882–1885), at Harvard (1889–1890), at the University of Michigan, and at the University of Pennsylvania.
Rolfe was a professor from 1907-1908 at the American School of Classical Studies and at the American Academy in Rome from 1923-1924. He continued to serve at the Academy until 1940. In 1910-1911, he was president of the American Philological Association.
Rolfe translated many Latin authors, especially historians, for the Loeb Classical Library: Ammianus Marcellinus, Cornelius Nepos, Aulus Gellius, Quintus Curtius, Sallust, and Suetonius.