John Robert Sitlington Sterrett
American classical scholar and archeologist
John Robert Sitlington Sterrett (1851 in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia[1] —June 15, 1914)[2] was an American classical scholar and archeologist. He was Professor of Greek at Cornell University from 1901. He was known for his expeditions, to present-day Turkey and other places in the Near East.[3] Some of his work was illustrated by photographers by John Henry Haynes. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1908.[4]
Notes
- ^ Sterrett, John Robert Sitlington, in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition) (via archive.org
- ^ Cornell Faculty Memorial Statement, at Cornell University; published October 14, 1914; archived online, 2010; retrieved May 10, 2022
- ^ History of Collection
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
External links
- Works by or about John Robert Sitlington Sterrett at Internet Archive
- The J. R. Sitlington Sterrett Collection of Archaeological Photographs, Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- John Robert Sitlington and Josephine Quarrier Sterrett Family Papers at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
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