James Leigh Strachan-Davidson
- James Leigh Strachan-Davidson
James Leigh StrachanDavidson (18431916) was an English classical scholar, born at Penrith. He was educated at Leamington College and at Balliol College, Oxford, and from 1907 was master of Balliol. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the universities of St. Andrews and Glasgow. His publications include an edition of "Selections from Polybius" (1888); of Appian, "Civil Wars", book i (1902); "Life of Cicero" (1901); "Problems of the Roman Criminal Law" (two volumes, 1914).
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