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Joseph Anstice (1808–1836) was an English classical scholar, and for four years professor of classical literature in King's College London.
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Biography
Anstice was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, taking his BA on 3 February 1831, and M.A. on 2 April 1835. In 1831 he was appointed professor of classical literature in King's College, London, a post which he resigned in 1835 from ill-health. He died on 29 February 1836 at Torquay.
Works
He published:
- Richard Cœur de Lion’ (prize poem), 1828.
- Introductory Lecture at King's College, London, 1831.
- Selections from the Choric Poetry of the Greek Dramatic Writers, translated into English Verse, 1832.
- The Influence of the Roman Conquests upon Literature and the Arts in Rome (in Oxford English Prize Essays), 1836.
- The Child's Christian Year, 1841, was partly his work.
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