Columbia University department, formalized c. 1883
Alternative Names
Department of Classics
Notes
Founded as Department of Philology in 1910 when the study of Greek and Latin was formally combined. Named Department of Greek and Latin in 1919. Current name, Department of Classics, adopted after the mid-1960s.
Related
References
A History of the Faculty of Philosophy, Columbia University. New York: Columbia University Press, 1957.