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Victor Bers

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Victor Bers
Born (1944-08-30) August 30, 1944 (age 79)
EducationUniversity of Chicago (AB)
New College, Oxford (BA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Occupations
  • Philologist
  • classicist
  • professor
Years active1972–2018
Spouse
Susan Adler
(m. 1966)
Parent

Victor Bers (born August 30, 1944) is an American philologist and classicist. He serves as Professor Emeritus of Classics at Yale University,[1] where he taught since 1972 before retiring in 2018.[2] Prior to retiring, he served as a Director of the American Philological Association (now the Society for Classical Studies).[3] Bers is the son of mathematician Lipman Bers.[4]

Biography[edit]

Early life and education[edit]

Bers was born on August 30, 1944, in Providence, Rhode Island; he is the son of the mathematician Lipman Bers, who created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions.[5]

Bers was educated at Albert Leonard Junior High School[6] and New Rochelle High School. He matriculated at the University of Chicago, where he would graduate with a bachelor's degree with distinction. Afterwards, he attained a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to study at New College, Oxford, where he would obtain a second degree.[7] In 1972, he completed studies for his Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard University. His dissertation was entitled "Enallage and Greek Style."[8] That same year, he joined the faculty of Yale University.[7]

Career[edit]

In 1975, Bers was appointed a fellow at Yale. He would spend the majority of his career at the university, becoming a full-time professor in 1989.[9] In 1999, he was named a Director of the American Philological Association.[10]

Publications[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Bers, Victor (2008). Genos Dikanikon: Amateur and Professional Speech in the Courtrooms of Classical Athens. Washington, D.C.: Center for Hellenic Studies. ISBN 978-0674032033.
  • Bers, Victor (1997). Speech in speech: Studies in Incorporated Oratio Recta in Attic Drama and Oratory. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780847684502.
  • Bers, Victor (1984). Greek Poetic Syntax in the Classical Age. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300028126.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Redden, Elizabeth (2012-03-28). "Whose Yale College?". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  2. ^ "Victor Bers | Henry Koerner Center for Emeritus Faculty". emeritus.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. ^ "2001 Annual Meeting Program | Society for Classical Studies". classicalstudies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. ^ "Victor Bers to Wed Miss Susan Adler". The New York Times. 1966-08-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  5. ^ Read "Biographical Memoirs: Volume 80" at NAP.edu.
  6. ^ "The Standard-Star 10 Apr 1959, page 14". Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Victor Bers | Faculty of Arts and Sciences". fas.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  8. ^ Bers, Victor (2018-06-22). Enallage and Greek Style. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-32738-2.
  9. ^ Bers, Victor (1989). "Review of Sophocles: Antigone and Oedipus the King. A Companion to the Penguin Translation". The Classical World. 83 (2): 117–118. doi:10.2307/4350562. ISSN 0009-8418. JSTOR 4350562.
  10. ^ "1999 Annual Meeting Program | Society for Classical Studies". classicalstudies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-10.

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