H. D. F. Kitto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

H. D. F. Kitto

British classical scholar

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1897

Place of Birth: Stroud, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1982

Profession: university teacher, classical scholar, classical philologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto, FBA (6 February 1897 – 21 January 1982) was a British classical scholar of Cornish ancestry.
He was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire. He was educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester, and St.
John's College, Cambridge.
He wrote his doctorate in 1920 at the University of Bristol.
He became a lecturer in Greek at the University of Glasgow from 1920 to 1944.
On that year, he returned to the University of Bristol where he became Professor of Greek and emeritus in 1962.
He concentrated on studies of Greek tragedy, especially translations of the works of Sophocles. His early book, "In the Mountains of Greece", describes his journeys in that country, with no more than incidental reference to antiquity. His 1952 general treatment The Greeks covered the whole range of ancient Greek culture, and became a standard text.After his retirement, he taught at College Year in Athens (CYA), a study abroad program for foreign students in Athens, Greece.