J. N. Adams (1) (1943–2021)
Author of The Latin Sexual Vocabulary
For other authors named J. N. Adams, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
J. N. Adams is a Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy.
Image credit: Dr James Adams
Works by J. N. Adams
An Anthology of Informal Latin, 200 BC–AD 900: Fifty Texts with Translations and Linguistic Commentary (2016) 26 copies
Wackernagel's law and the placement of the copula esse in classical Latin (Supplementary volume) (1994) 9 copies
The Text and Language of a Vulgar Latin Chronicle: Anonymus Valesianus II (Bulletin Supplement - University of London, Institute of Cla) (1976) 2 copies
Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature: History, Patterns, Textual Criticism (2021) 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Adams, J. N.
- Legal name
- Adams, James Noel
- Other names
- Adams, James
- Birthdate
- 1943-09-24
- Date of death
- 2021-10-11
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Brasenose College, Oxford University (D.Phil|1970)
University of Sydney (BA|1965)
North Sydney Boys' High School - Occupations
- professor
classicist
philologist
Latinist - Organizations
- All Soul's College, University of Oxford (senior research fellow)
University of Reading (professor)
St. John's College, University of Oxford (visiting senior research fellow)
University of Manchester (professor)
Christ's College, University of Cambridge (W.H.D. Rouse Research Fellow)
University of Syndey (teaching fellow) - Awards and honors
- British Academy (Fellow, 1992)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 2015)
Academia Europaea (Member, 2007)
Kenyon Medal for Classical Studies (2009)
Australian Academy of the Humanities (Honorary Fellow, 2002)
PROSE award in Language & Linguistics (2013) - Nationality
- Australia
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Places of residence
- Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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