McKinlay, Arthur Patch, 1871-....

McKinlay was born on Apr. 8, 1871 in Osborn, MO; AB, Univ. of OR, 1893; AM (1904) and Ph. D (1906), Harvard; asst. professor in Latin, Univ. of OR (1902-3) and Univ. of ID (1906-7); headed Latin dept. at Lincoln High School, Portland, OR (1907-12); instructor in Latin and Greek, UC Berkeley (1913); chairman, dept. of languages, Lincoln High School (1914-19); asst. professor (1919-26); assoc. professor (1926-29), professor (1929-41), and professor emeritus of Latin, UCLA; professor of Latin and Greek, Univ. of TX (1943-44); he was known by his literary research, which dealt with parallels between ancient and modern times; wrote articles for the Harvard Studies in Classical Philology series with emphasis on Arator, and wrote a series of articles on the classical attitude to drinking and sobriety; also translated letters of Cicero, published 3 books of his own sonnets, and edited Arator : the codices and Arator - de actibus apostolorum; died in Los Angeles, CA on Sept. 8, 1958.

From the description of A Collection of Arator manuscripts (reproduction), 1500-1900. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40309756

Biography

McKinlay was born on April 8, 1871 in Osborn, Missouri; AB, University of Oregon, 1893; AM (1904) and Ph.D (1906), Harvard; assistant professor in Latin, University of Oregon (1902-3) and University of Idaho (1906-7); headed Latin department at Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon (1907-12); instructor in Latin and Greek, University of California at Berkeley (1913); chairman, department of languages, Lincoln High School (1914-19); assistant professor (1919-26); associate professor (1926-29), professor (1929-41), and professor emeritus of Latin, UCLA; professor of Latin and Greek, University of Texas (1943-44); he was known by his literary research, which dealt with parallels between ancient and modern times; wrote articles for the Harvard Studies in Classical Philology series with emphasis on Arator, and wrote a series of articles on the classical attitude to drinking and sobriety; also translated letters of Cicero, published 3 books of his own sonnets, and edited Arator: the codices and Arator - de actibus apostolorum ; died in Los Angeles, California on September 8, 1958.

From the guide to the Arthur Patch McKinlay Collection of Arator Manuscripts, 1500-1900, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)