Frank Frost Abbott

Frank Frost Abbott (March 27, 1860 – July 23, 1924) was an American classical scholar.

Life

Born in Redding, Connecticut, he taught at the University of Chicago,[1] then moved to Princeton University in 1907. He died in Montreux, Switzerland.

Works

• A History and Description of Roman Political Institutions (1901).
• A Short History of Rome (1906)
• Society and Politics in Ancient Rome (1909).
• The Common People of Ancient Rome (1911).
• Roman Politics (1923).
• Municipal Administration in the Roman Empire (1926).
• Emperors and Usurpers (2017)

He also translated Alberico Gentili's Hispanicae Advocationis Libri Dvo ("Two Books of Advocacy in the Service of Spain").

References

1. Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America, 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 4.

External links

• Frank Frost Abbott at the Database of Classical Scholars, author: Ward W. Briggs
• Works by Frank Frost Abbott at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Frank Frost Abbott at Internet Archive