Anthon, CHARLES, LL.D.

Anthon, CHARLES, LL.D., a well-known editor of classics, was born in New York in 1797. Educated at Columbia College, he was admitted to the bar in 1819; but next year was appointed adjunct-professor of Languages in Columbia College. In 1830 appeared his large edition of Horace. Five years later he became head of the classical department at Columbia College. A student of the most methodical habits, he was able to produce about fifty books, chiefly editions of the Latin classics and aids to classical study. His editions for a time were widely popular, even in England; more, however, from their superabundant explanations, with lazy schoolboys than with careful teachers. He died July 29, 1867.