Berthold Ullman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Berthold Ullman

American classical scholar

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1882

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1965

Profession: classical scholar, literary critic, classical philologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Berthold Ullman

  • Berthold Louis Ullman (August 18, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois – June 26, 1965 in Vatican City) was an American Classical scholar.Ullman was born in Chicago to Louis Ullman and Eleanora Fried.
  • He was educated at the University of Chicago (A.B.
  • 1903, Ph.D.
  • 1908).
  • He joined the faculty at Chicago and also taught at the University of Pittsburgh and Iowa State University.
  • He taught at the University of Chicago from 1925 until 1944 before moving to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, becoming Kenan professor of Latin and department chair.
  • Ullman's library collection formed the core of the present classics department library at the University of North Carolina.
  • Ullman was also president of the American Philological Association in 1935.
  • In 1948, he was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.He married Mary Louise Bates on September 1, 1909.
  • Their son Edward Ullman, born in 1912, became a geographer.As a scholar Ullman focused on Latin language, the manuscript tradition of ancient texts, and Latin in the Renaissance.

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