Alfred J. Church

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Alfred J. Church


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Alfred John Church (1829-1912) was an English classical scholar. He was born in London and was educated at King's College London, and Lincoln College, Oxford, he took holy orders and was an assistant-master at Merchant Taylors' School for many years. From 1880 until 1888 he was professor of Latin at University College, London. While at University College in partnership with William Jackson Brodribb, he translated Tacitus and edited Pliny's Letters (Epistulae). Church also wrote a number of stories in English re-telling of classical tales and legends for young people (Stories from Virgil, Stories from Homer, etc. ). He also wrote much Latin and English verse, and in 1908 published his Memories of Men and Books. Other works include: Stories o ...more

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Roman life in the days of C...

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3.68 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1881 — 52 editions
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3.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1890 — 54 editions
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Stories From Livy

3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1883 — 98 editions
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Alfred J. Church, The Iliad for Boys and Girls

“When old King Priam saw the enemy in his hall he put on his armour. He had not worn it for many years, so old he was, but now he felt that he must fight for his home. And he took a spear in his hand, and would have gone against the Greeks. But his”
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