Aubrey de Sélincourt
1894
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1962
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Rugby School, University College, Oxford
occupation: linguist, translator
position held: military officer
Aubrey de Sélincourt (7 June 1894 – 20 December 1962) was an English writer, classical scholar, and translator. He was also a keen sailor. He had over 24 books credited to his authorship, but is chiefly remembered for his translations—all for Penguin Classics—of Herodotus' The Histories (1954), Arrian's Life of Alexander the Great (1958), Livy's The Early History of Rome (Books I to V, 1960), and The War with Hannibal (Books XXI to XXX, 1965, posthumous). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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