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Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh
1843–1906
Best known for making the classical world easier to read, this Cambridge scholar translated Greek and Roman writers with a teacher’s eye for clarity. His books helped bring authors like Cicero and Polybius to a wider English-speaking audience.
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Augustus: The Life and Times of the Founder of the Roman Empire
by Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh
About the author
Born in Aldborough, Norfolk, on July 12, 1843, Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh was an English academic, schoolmaster, and classical scholar. He studied at Ipswich School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honors in the Classical Tripos.
Shuckburgh spent much of his career teaching and writing about the ancient world. He was associated with Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and became especially known for his translations and editions of Greek and Latin authors. His work includes translations of Cicero and Polybius, as well as school and reference books that made classical literature more approachable for students.
He died on July 10, 1906. Today he is remembered less as a literary celebrity than as a steady, learned guide to classical history and literature, whose scholarship was shaped by the classroom as much as by the library.