Quotes:Anthon, Charles

Zirkoff, Boris

Anthon, Charles. American classical scholar, b. in New York, Nov. 17, 1797; d. in New York, July 29, 1867. Grad. of Columbia Univ., 1815; studied law; was admitted to the bar, 405 1819, but never practised. Adjunct prof. of Greek and Latin at Columbia, 1820; prof. of Greek language and literature, and head of the Gram. School connected with the College, 1830. Began editing in 1835 a classical series which later found wide use in schools and colleges. Works: Horatii Poemata, 1830.—*A Classical Dictionary. New York, 1841. 8vo.; 4th ed., 1842; also 1843 and New York: Harper & Bros., 1892.—A System of Ancient and Mediaeval Geography, 1850.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 9, pp. 404-405