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University College London

Platt Papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 29

Held at: University College London

Title: Platt Papers

Date(s): Created 20th Century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Platt | John Arthur | 1860-1925 | Professor of Greek

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Platt was born on 11 July 1860. He attended Harrow School and Trinity College Cambridge, where he was made a Fellow. He was Professor of Greek at University College London from 1894 till his death. He published an edition of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and various translations and papers on classical subjects. He died on 16 March 1925.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Translations and notes from Hippocrates.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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Unknown.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Greek (classical) | Indo-european languages
Translations | Documents | Information sources

Personal names
Hippocrates | c 460- c 377 BC | Greek physician
Platt | John Arthur | 1860-1925 | Professor of Greek

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