author
Ernest Brehaut
1873–1953
A scholar of the ancient and early medieval world, best remembered for bringing key Latin texts to English readers. His work on Gregory of Tours and Isidore of Seville helped generations of students approach difficult historical sources with clarity.
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An encyclopedist of the dark ages: Isidore of Seville
by Ernest Brehaut
About the author
Born in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island, in 1873, Ernest Brehaut was a Canadian-American classicist, historian, translator, and author. He studied at Dalhousie, Harvard, and Columbia, and built a career in the study of classical and early medieval history.
He is especially known for work that opened important Latin sources to a wider audience. His studies of Isidore of Seville and his translation of Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks made him a familiar name to readers interested in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
Brehaut died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1953. Though not a widely known public figure today, he remains closely associated with careful scholarship and with the patient work of making difficult historical texts readable for modern audiences.