Huxley, George Leonard

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HUXLEY, George Leonard

HUXLEY, George Leonard. British, b. 1932. Genres: Classics, History, Literary criticism and history. Career: Director, Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1986-89; Hon. Professor, Trinity College, Dublin, 1989- (Hon. Research Associate, 1983-89). Hon. Librarian, 1990-94, Special Envoy, 1994-97 Royal Irish Academy. Member, Managing Committee, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1991-. Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, 1955-61; Professor of Greek, Queen's University of Belfast, 1962-83. Publications: Achaeans and Hittites, 1960; Early Sparta, 1962; The Early Ionians, 1966; Greek Epic Poetry from Eumelos to Panyassis, 1969; (ed. with J. N. Coldstream) Excavations and Studies in Kythera, 1972; Pindar's Vision of the Past, 1975; On Aristotle and Greek Society, 1979; Homer and the Travellers, 1988. Address: School of Classics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.