Joseph Anstice


Joseph Anstice was an English classical scholar, and for four years professor of classical literature in King's College London.

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:
  1. Richard Cœur de Lion’ , 1828.
  2. Introductory Lecture at King's College, London, 1831.
  3. Selections from the Choric Poetry of the Greek Dramatic Writers, translated into English Verse, 1832.
  4. The Influence of the Roman Conquests upon Literature and the Arts in Rome, 1836.
  5. The Child's Christian Year, 1841, was partly his work.