John Carew Rolfe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Carew Rolfe

American classical scholar and translator

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1859

Place of Birth: Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1943

Profession: translator, university teacher, classical scholar, classical philologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

John Carew Rolfe, Ph.D.
(October 15, 1859 in Newburyport, Massachusetts – March 26, 1943) was an American classical scholar, the son of William J.
Rolfe. Rolfe graduated from Harvard University in 1881 and from Cornell University (Ph.D.) in 1885.Rolfe taught at Cornell (1882–1885), at Harvard (1889–1890), at the University of Michigan, and at the University of Pennsylvania.Rolfe was a professor from 1907-1908 at the American School of Classical Studies and at the American Academy in Rome from 1923-1924.
He continued to serve at the Academy until 1940.
In 1910-1911, he was president of the American Philological Association. Rolfe translated many Latin authors, especially historians, for the Loeb Classical Library: Ammianus Marcellinus, Cornelius Nepos, Aulus Gellius, Quintus Curtius, Sallust, and Suetonius.