E. V. Rieu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

E. V. Rieu

British poet

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1887

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 11-May-1972

Profession: poet, translator, classical scholar, linguist, Bible translator

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Emile Victor Rieu CBE (10 February 1887 – 11 May 1972) was a British classicist, publisher, poet and translator.
He initiated the Penguin Classics series of books in 1946 and edited it for twenty years.