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Kenneth J. (Kenneth John) Freeman
1882–1906
Best known for Schools of Hellas, this gifted young classicist left behind work that feels all the more remarkable because it was completed in such a short life. His writing opens a lively window onto ancient Greek education while hinting at the promise of a scholar gone too soon.
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Schools of Hellas An Essay on the Practice and Theory of Ancient Greek Education from 600 to 300 B. C.
by Kenneth J. (Kenneth John) Freeman
About the author
Kenneth John Freeman was a British classical scholar born in 1882 and died in 1906. The available records identify him with Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and contemporary descriptions remember him as an especially brilliant young scholar.
His best-known work is Schools of Hellas, a study of ancient Greek education from 600 to 300 B.C. Although published after his death, the book was presented by its editor as his first and last major work, which helps explain why it has continued to attract readers interested in classics, education, and the intellectual energy of early twentieth-century scholarship.
Freeman also wrote poetry, including Poems by K.J.F. Taken together, the surviving works suggest a writer of wide interests whose reputation rests on both literary feeling and serious classical learning.