Classical Literature

Presidential Address Delivered to the Classical Association at the University of Hull 9th April 1959, 16 pp, stapled pamphlet with cream board covers, rust-marks to rear cover (see picture below), faint water-staining to bottom and side margins, covers a little browned, otherwise in very good condition, John Murray 1959

Professor Hinshelwood (1897-1967) was a remarkable ‘old-school’ polymath, and was primarily known as an expert in physical chemistry, winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1956 for his researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions.  His work on chemical changes in the bacterial cell was of great importance in the later development of antibiotics.  He was, however, fluent in seven classical and modern languages, and an amateur artist whose work was given an exhibition at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London the year after his death.

At the time of this lecture Professor Hinshelwood was President of both the Royal Society and the Classical Association.  Naturally the short passages of Latin, Greek, Italian and German scattered throughout his lecture are not translated!

Long out of print.