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F. A. (Frederick Adam) Wright

1869–1946

A lively classical scholar and translator, he devoted much of his career to bringing Greek and Latin writing to modern readers. His books range from translations and literary history to studies of love poetry, feminism in ancient literature, and major figures from the classical world.

2 Audiobooks

Feminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle

Feminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle

by F. A. (Frederick Adam) Wright

Greek Athletics

Greek Athletics

by F. A. (Frederick Adam) Wright

About the author

Born in Great Yarmouth in 1869, Frederick Adam Wright was an English classical scholar educated at Great Yarmouth Grammar School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Early in his career he taught in Brighton and at Mill Hill, building the strong grounding in classics that shaped his later writing and translations.

From 1913 to 1935 he served as Professor of Classics at Birkbeck College in London. He became known especially for making ancient Greek and Latin authors more accessible, translating works by writers such as Ovid, Alciphron, Plautus, Martial, and St. Jerome, while also publishing broader studies including Feminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle, A History of Later Latin Literature, and A History of Later Greek Literature.

Wright also wrote poetry and biographies, showing a range that went beyond strict scholarship. He retired to Falmouth, Cornwall, and died there in 1946, leaving behind a body of work that helped open up classical literature for general readers as well as students.