Lewis Campbell (classicist)

Lewis Campbell
1904 photo of Lewis Campbell
by George Charles Beresford
Born(1830-09-03)3 September 1830
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died25 October 1908(1908-10-25) (aged 78)
Brissago, Switzerland
Occupations
  • Writer
  • scholar

Lewis Campbell (/ˈkæmbəl/; 3 September 1830 – 25 October 1908) was a Scottish writer and classical scholar. He was best known for his works on Sophocles and Plato. His edition of Plato's Republic was well received and is still widely read today. He is also well known for his biography of the physicist James Clerk Maxwell.

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