Hubert McNeill Poteat (1886–1958) was an American classicist, author and academic.
Hubert Poteat | |
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| Born | Hubert McNeill Poteat 2 December 1886 |
| Died | 29 January 1958 (aged 71) Wake Forest |
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| Spouse |
Essie Moore Morgan (m. 1912) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Classics |
| Institutions | Wake Forest University |
Biography
editPoteat was born on 12 December 1886 in Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina.
He attended the Wake Forest University, where he graduated in 1906 with an arts degree, majoring in Latin. Poteat taught Latin at the university for the next two years, where he also graduated in 1908 with a Masters of Arts.[1] He completed his PhD at Columbia University in 1912;[1] and his dissertation was on Repetition in Latin Poetry, with Special Reference to the Metrical Treatment of Repeated Words.[2]
He married Essie Moore Morgan on 26 June 1912.
Poteat returned Wake Forest University, where he was tenured as a professor of Latin.[1] He is the author of a number of notable books, including:[3] Selected Letters of Cicero, Selected Letters of Pliny, Practical Hymnology, and Repetition in Latin poetry.
He died on 29 January 1958, aged 71, in Wake Forest.
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 "Poteat, Hubert McNeill". www.ncpedia.org.
- ↑ Gordon, Laura. "POTEAT, Hubert McNeill". Database of Classical Scholars. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
- ↑ "Hubert McNeill Poteat Books | List of books by author Hubert McNeill Poteat". ThriftBooks.
External links
edit- "Dr Hubert McNeill Poteat (1886-1958)". findagrave.com.
Selected published journal articles
edit- Poteat, H. M. (1919). "The Functions of Repetition in Latin Poetry". The Classical Weekly. 12 (18): 139–142. doi:10.2307/4387791. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Jstor.org.
- Poteat, H. M. (1926). "Hannibal Trismegistus". The Classical Journal. 22 (3). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 189–201. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Jstor.org.
- Poteat, H. M. (1928). "An Educational Credo". Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors (1915-1955). 14 (7): 512–517. doi:10.2307/40218034. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Jstor.org.
- Poteat, H. M. (1938) [14 April 1938]. "Some Reflections on Roman Philosophy [Address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Iowa City, Iowa]". The Classical Journal. 33 (9). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 514–522. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Jstor.org.
- Poteat, H. M. (June 1, 1939). "Why Study Cicero?". The Classical Bulletin. XV (4). St. Louis: 25. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Proquest.
- Poteat, H. M. (1945). "WHITE UNTO HARVEST". The North Carolina Historical Review. 22 (4). North Carolina Office of Archives and History: 263–275. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Jstor.org.