# Minton Warren

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**Minton Warren** (29 January 1850 – 26 November 1907), [American](/source/United_States) classical scholar, was born at [Pawtucket, Rhode Island](/source/Pawtucket,_Rhode_Island), on 29 January 1850, a descendant of [Richard Warren](/source/Richard_Warren), who sailed on the *[Mayflower](/source/Mayflower)* in 1620.

## Biography

Warren was educated at [Tufts College](/source/Tufts_College) and subsequently at [Yale](/source/Yale). After three years as a schoolmaster, he went to [Germany](/source/Germany) to complete his studies in comparative [philology](/source/Philology) and especially in [Latin](/source/Latin) language and literature. Having taken the degree of doctor of philosophy at [Strasbourg](/source/University_of_Strasbourg) in 1879, he returned to the [United States](/source/United_States) as Latin professor at [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University).[1]

In 1899 he was appointed Latin professor at [Harvard](/source/Harvard). His life-work was a new edition of [Terence](/source/Terence), which, however, he left unfinished at his death. He was director of the American School of Classical Studies in [Rome](/source/Rome) (1897–1899), and [president of the American Philological Association](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_the_American_Philological_Association) (1898).[1] He died suddenly of heart failure on 26 November 1907 in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](/source/Cambridge,_Massachusetts).[2]

## Works

Among his publications are:[1] *Enclitic Ne in Early Latin* (Strassburg dissertation, reprinted in *Amer. Journ. of Philol.*, 1881); *On Latin Glossaries*, with especial reference to the *Codex Sangal-lensis* (*St. Gall Glossary*) ([Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), U.S.A., 1885); *The Stele Inscription in the Roman Forum* (*Amer. Journ. of Philol.*, vol. xxviii. No. 3, and separately in 1908).[3]

## Family

He married Salomé Amelia Machado on 29 December 1885; she was from [Cuba](/source/Cuba) and received her BA from [Smith College](/source/Smith_College) in 1883, making her the first [Latina](/source/Latin_Americans) to graduate from Smith.[citation needed]

## References

1. Chisholm 1911, p. 330.

1. *NY Times*. 1907-11-29.

1. ["Obituary. Minton Warren. Professor of Latin at Harvard University."](https://books.google.com/books?id=GfonAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA25). *Classical Review*. **22**: 25–26. Feb 1908.

**Attribution**

- Endnote: - *Harvard Magazine* (Jan. 1908); - W. M. Lindsay in *Classical Review* (Feb. 1908).

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