Curtis C. (Curtis Clark) Bushnell

Born in 1870, Curtis C. Bushnell wrote on Latin literature and education at a time when classical study still held a central place in American schools and colleges. His best-known work, Readings from Latin Verse; With Notes (1908), was designed to guide readers through selections of Latin poetry with explanatory notes and a practical, classroom-minded approach.

Bushnell also wrote beyond anthologies. His published work includes Beginning Latin: An Introduction, by Way of English, to the Latin Language, and he co-authored Latin and the Agitation for a Single Degree in Liberal Studies (1916), showing his interest not only in texts themselves but in how the humanities were taught. He also appears in historical and archival records connected with New Haven and with correspondence preserved by the Theodore Roosevelt Center.

He died in 1936. Though not a widely famous literary figure today, his surviving books reflect the work of a serious teacher and scholar who wanted older literature to remain readable, teachable, and alive for new generations.