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H. V. (Howard Vernon) Canter
1873–1942
A careful American classicist, he spent much of his career at the University of Illinois studying Latin style, Roman history, and the drama of Seneca. His work helped make demanding ancient texts more approachable for students and scholars alike.
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The Defeat of Varus and the German Frontier Policy of Augustus
by W. A. (William Abbott) Oldfather, H. V. (Howard Vernon) Canter
About the author
Born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1873, Howard Vernon Canter studied at Washington and Lee University and later earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. He became a professor of Latin at the University of Illinois, where he built a long academic career and was remembered as a conscientious and trusted teacher.
Canter wrote on a range of classical subjects, including The Infinitive Construction in Livy, The Paraclausithyron as a Literary Theme, and Rhetorical Elements in the Tragedies of Seneca. He also collaborated with fellow classicist W. A. Oldfather on work about Roman history, including The Defeat of Varus and the German Frontier Policy of Augustus.
He died in Baltimore in 1942. Though not a household name today, his books reflect the patient, close reading that shaped classical scholarship in the early twentieth century.