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'''Charles Farwell Edson, Jr.''' (1905-1988) was an American scholar of Ancient History.
Born in [[Los Angeles, CA]] in 1905 as the son of poet and musician Charles Farwell Edson and social activist and feminist [[Katherine Philips Edson]],<ref>See Edward T. James, et al., “Edson, Katherine Philips,” in ''Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary'', Volume 2 (Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press, 1971), pp. 562-565.</ref> Edson received the degree of A.B. in History from [[Stanford University]] in 1929.<ref> See his entry by Frank M. Clover in the ''Database of Classical Scholars'' available online at: https://ift.tt/2u1ydb2> He went on to earn his Ph.D. in History at [[Harvard University]] in 1939 with a dissertation entitled “Five Studies in Macedonian History" directed by Professor William Scott Ferguson (his dissertation research was supported by a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1936 and 1937).<ref> See his entry by Frank M. Clover in the Database of Classical Scholars available online at: https://ift.tt/2u1ydb2> Edson shared the driving with [[Alistair Cooke]] on a trip from the East Coast to Hollywood (at one point while Edson was driving, he ran into a cow and Cooke ended up in a hospital).<ref>See Nick Clarke, ''Alistair Cooke: A Biography'' (Arcade Publishing, 1999), p. 97.</ref> During [[World War II]], Edson served in Military Intelligence in the [[United States Army]], like some other scholars of the Ancient World.<ref> See Susan H Allen, ''Classical Spies: American Archaeologists with the OSS in World War II Greece'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011).</ref> Edson taught for his entire career at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] where he worked his way from Assistant Professor to Full Professor from 1938-1976 and was a very popular classroom instructor as well as successful graduate mentor.<ref> See his entry by Frank M. Clover in the Database of Classical Scholars available online at: https://ift.tt/2u1ydb2>
Edson held another Guggenheim Fellowship from 1956-7. He was awarded a Membership in the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] at [[Princeton University]] from 1952-3 and again from 1962-3. He was elected a corresponding member of the [[German Archaeological Institute]] in 1972. Edson won the Goodwin Award of the [[American Philological Association]] in 1974. In 1981, some of his former students published a ''Festschrift'', entitled ''Ancient Macedonian Studies in Honor of Charles F. Edson'', in his honor.
Professor Edson died in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1988.
==Selected Publications==
*Charles F. Edson, “The Personal Appearance of Antigonus Gonatas,” ''Classical Philology'' 29 (1934): 254-5.
*Charles F. Edson, “The Antigonids, Heracles, and Beroea,” ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'' 45 (1934): 213-246.
*Charles F. Edson, “Perseus and Demetrius,” ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'' 46 (1935): 191-202.
*Charles F. Edson, “Notes on the Thracian Pharos,” ''Classical Philology'' 42 (1947): 88-105.
*Charles F. Edson, “Cults of Thessalonica (Macedonica III),” ''Harvard Theological Review'' 41 (1948): 153-204.
*Charles F. Edson, “The Location of Cellae and the Route of the Via Egnatia in Western Macedonia,” ''Classical Philolog''y 46 (1951): 1-16.
*Charles F. Edson, “Strepsa (Thucydides 1.61.4),” ''Classical Philolog''y 50 (1955): 169-90.
*Charles F. Edson, “Imperium Macedonicum: The Seleucid Empire and the Literary Evidence,” ''Classical Philology'' 53 (1958): 153-70.
*Charles F. Edson, ''Inscriptiones Graecae'', editio minor, vol. X: ''Inscriptiones Epiri, Macedoniae, Thraciae, Scythia''e, Pars II: ''Inscriptiones Macedoniae'', Fasciculus I: ''Inscriptiones Thessalonicae et Viciniae'' (Berlin, 1972).
==References==
Born in [[Los Angeles, CA]] in 1905 as the son of poet and musician Charles Farwell Edson and social activist and feminist [[Katherine Philips Edson]],<ref>See Edward T. James, et al., “Edson, Katherine Philips,” in ''Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary'', Volume 2 (Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press, 1971), pp. 562-565.</ref> Edson received the degree of A.B. in History from [[Stanford University]] in 1929.<ref> See his entry by Frank M. Clover in the ''Database of Classical Scholars'' available online at: https://ift.tt/2u1ydb2> He went on to earn his Ph.D. in History at [[Harvard University]] in 1939 with a dissertation entitled “Five Studies in Macedonian History" directed by Professor William Scott Ferguson (his dissertation research was supported by a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1936 and 1937).<ref> See his entry by Frank M. Clover in the Database of Classical Scholars available online at: https://ift.tt/2u1ydb2> Edson shared the driving with [[Alistair Cooke]] on a trip from the East Coast to Hollywood (at one point while Edson was driving, he ran into a cow and Cooke ended up in a hospital).<ref>See Nick Clarke, ''Alistair Cooke: A Biography'' (Arcade Publishing, 1999), p. 97.</ref> During [[World War II]], Edson served in Military Intelligence in the [[United States Army]], like some other scholars of the Ancient World.<ref> See Susan H Allen, ''Classical Spies: American Archaeologists with the OSS in World War II Greece'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011).</ref> Edson taught for his entire career at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] where he worked his way from Assistant Professor to Full Professor from 1938-1976 and was a very popular classroom instructor as well as successful graduate mentor.<ref> See his entry by Frank M. Clover in the Database of Classical Scholars available online at: https://ift.tt/2u1ydb2>
Edson held another Guggenheim Fellowship from 1956-7. He was awarded a Membership in the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] at [[Princeton University]] from 1952-3 and again from 1962-3. He was elected a corresponding member of the [[German Archaeological Institute]] in 1972. Edson won the Goodwin Award of the [[American Philological Association]] in 1974. In 1981, some of his former students published a ''Festschrift'', entitled ''Ancient Macedonian Studies in Honor of Charles F. Edson'', in his honor.
Professor Edson died in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1988.
==Selected Publications==
*Charles F. Edson, “The Personal Appearance of Antigonus Gonatas,” ''Classical Philology'' 29 (1934): 254-5.
*Charles F. Edson, “The Antigonids, Heracles, and Beroea,” ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'' 45 (1934): 213-246.
*Charles F. Edson, “Perseus and Demetrius,” ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'' 46 (1935): 191-202.
*Charles F. Edson, “Notes on the Thracian Pharos,” ''Classical Philology'' 42 (1947): 88-105.
*Charles F. Edson, “Cults of Thessalonica (Macedonica III),” ''Harvard Theological Review'' 41 (1948): 153-204.
*Charles F. Edson, “The Location of Cellae and the Route of the Via Egnatia in Western Macedonia,” ''Classical Philolog''y 46 (1951): 1-16.
*Charles F. Edson, “Strepsa (Thucydides 1.61.4),” ''Classical Philolog''y 50 (1955): 169-90.
*Charles F. Edson, “Imperium Macedonicum: The Seleucid Empire and the Literary Evidence,” ''Classical Philology'' 53 (1958): 153-70.
*Charles F. Edson, ''Inscriptiones Graecae'', editio minor, vol. X: ''Inscriptiones Epiri, Macedoniae, Thraciae, Scythia''e, Pars II: ''Inscriptiones Macedoniae'', Fasciculus I: ''Inscriptiones Thessalonicae et Viciniae'' (Berlin, 1972).
==References==
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