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Leighton Reynolds (1930–1999) was Emeritus Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford, 1996–97, and Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Brasenose College, Oxford, 1957–97.〔''Who Was Who'', Oxford University Press 2015 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/public/home.html?url=%2Fapp%3Fservice%3Dexternalpagemethod%26page%3DIndex%26method%3Dview%26&failReason=Error+reason%3A+err_userpass_none%2Berr_ip_badcred%2Berr_athens_none%2Berr_shib_none%2Berr_referrer_badcred%2Berr_libcard_none〕 As well as teaching generations of Oxford students, he was twice called upon to stand as Acting Principal of the college, and also wrote and edited several books on Latin authors, and on the transmission of classical literature. He also had a passion for botany, and was an accomplished carpenter. He enjoyed academic spells at Cornell, Austin and Princeton Universities.〔''The Guardian'' 18 January 2000, Obituary by Michael Winterbottom http://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/18/guardianobituaries3〕 Married to Susan Buchanon in 1962, he had a son and two daughters. ==Academic career== Educated at Caerphilly Grammar School in Wales, where he became head boy,〔''The Independent'' 16 December 1999, Obituary by Michael Reeve http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-professor-leighton-reynolds-1132695.html〕 he graduated with first-class honours from University College, Cardiff, where he struck up a lifelong friendship with the Latinist RG Austin, whose commentary on Virgil's ''Aeneid VI'' he completed following Austin's death in 1974. He took a further Classics degree at St John's College, Cambridge, where he won two more firsts, and was elected to a Craven fellowship.〔''The Guardian'' 18 January 2000, Obituary by Michael Winterbottom http://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/18/guardianobituaries3〕 After two years' National Service in the RAF (1952–54), during which he qualified as a Russian interpreter, he became Junior Research Fellow at Queen's College, Oxford. In 1957 he was elected Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he remained until his retirement in 1997. During his time at Brasenose he held posts as Senior Dean and twice as Acting Principal of the college, and in 1996 was made Emeritus Professor of Classical Languages and Literature.〔''The Independent'' 16 December 1999, Obituary by Michael Reeve http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-professor-leighton-reynolds-1132695.html〕 In 1987 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy.〔The British Academy http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/dec.cfm?member=2349〕 He was Editor of the Classical Review 1975–87, and author and editor of books on classical authors and on the transmission of classical literature. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leighton Durham Reynolds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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