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Walter Hamilton (10 February 1908 – 1988) was the son of Walter George Hamilton, a tea trader in the City of London, and his wife, Caroline Mary Stiff, a schoolmistress. He attended university at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a first-class BA degree in Classics. He was Craven Scholar in 1927, Chancellor's Classical Medallist in 1928 and Porson Prizeman and Craven Student in 1929, and was a fellow of Trinity between 1931 and 1935. He was also an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Manchester from 1931-32. He was an Assistant Master at Eton from 1933 to 1946, and was Master in College there from 1937 to 1946. In 1946 he returned to Trinity College, serving as Fellow and Classical Lecturer until 1950, and as a tutor from 1947. In 1950 Hamilton became headmaster of Westminster School, and in 1957 became headmaster of Rugby School, a position he held until 1966. In 1967 he was elected Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, serving in that position until 1978, and became an honorary fellow of the college on retirement. Hamilton's academic and public service positions included: * Editor of the Classical Quarterly * Chairman of the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund Scholarship Committee (1953-59) * Member of the Headmasters' Conference * Member of the Board of Governors of Shrewsbury School (1968-81) * Member of the Governing Bodies Association (1969-74) * Member of the Executive Committee of the British Council (1958-70) * Member of the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University (1969-74). * Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1957) * Awarded an honorary D.Litt. by Durham University (1958). He translated Ammianus Marcellinus's ''The Later Roman Empire'' as well as Plato's ''Symposium'', ''Gorgias'', and ''Phaedrus and'' ''Letters VII and VIII''. 〔Plato, ''Gorgias'', Penguin Classics, 2004.〕 In March 1951 Hamilton married Miss Jane Burrows in King Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey. They had four children: three sons and a daughter (the explorer, Caroline Hamilton). ==Notes== 〔 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「Walter Hamilton (Master of Magdalene College)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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