Theodore Alois Buckley

Theodore Alois Buckley

Theodore Alois William Buckley (1825-1856) was a translator of Homer and other classical works.

Son of William Richard Buckley of Paddington, London, Great Britain. Matriculated Christ Church, Oxford 1845; BA 1849, MA 1853.

Sources

* "Alumni Oxoniensis: The Members of The University of Oxford, 1715 - 1886: Their Parentage"

External links

* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22382 Theodore Alois Buckley's translation of the "Iliad" on Project Gutenberg]


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