Robert Drew Hicks

Robert Drew Hicks (29 June 1850 – 8 March 1929^[1]) was a classical scholar, and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

The son of William Hicks, head clerk in the post office at Bristol,^[2] Hicks was born in 1850, was educated at Bristol Grammar School,^[3] and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1868.^[4] Graduating BA in 1874, he became a fellow of Trinity in 1876.^[5] He was college lecturer in Classics from 1884 to 1900.^[3] He married Bertha Mary Heath in 1896, who herself held an MA in Classics from the University of London.^[4] His brother-in-law was Sir Thomas Heath.^[3] Between 1898 and 1900 Robert Hicks became blind, but he nevertheless produced most of his major works after this time, aided by his wife.^[4] He died at his home, Fossedene, at Mount Pleasant, Cambridge.^[2]

His writings include:^[3]

• a monumental edition of Aristotle's "De Anima" (1907).
• a small volume on the Stoics and Epicureans (1910).
• a summary of Greek philosophy for the Cambridge Companion to Greek Studies.
• a concise Latin dictionary in Braille (1921).
• his text and translation of Diogenes Laërtius for the Loeb Classical Library (1925).

He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.

References

1. Grayling, A.C; Goulder, Naomi; Pyle, Andrew, eds. (2006). "Hicks, Robert Drew - Oxford Reference". doi:10.1093/acref/9780199754694.001.0001. ISBN 9780199754694. Retrieved 8 March 2018. Robert Drew Hicks was born in Aust, Gloucestershire on 29 June 1850 and died in Cambridge on 8 March 1929
2. Alumni Cantabrigienses part II, vol. III, John Venn, 1944, pg 360
3. The Times, Saturday, Mar 09, 1929; p. 14 - Obituary. Mr. R. D. Hicks. A Blind Aristotelian Scholar.
4. Herbert S. Long, Preface to the 1972 reprint of Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I. Loeb Classical Library
5. "Hicks, Robert Drew (HKS870RD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

External links

• Works by or about Robert Drew Hicks at Wikisource
• Works by or about Robert Drew Hicks at the Internet Archive
• Works by Robert Drew Hicks at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Robert Drew Hicks at Find a Grave