Victor Bers | |
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Born |
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | August 30, 1944
Education |
University of Chicago (
AB) New College, Oxford ( BA) Harvard University ( PhD) |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1972–2018 |
Spouse |
Susan Adler (
m. 1966) |
Parent |
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Victor Bers (born August 30, 1944) is an American philologist and classicist. He serves as Professor Emeritus of Classics at Yale University, [1] where he taught since 1972 before retiring in 2018. [2] Prior to retiring, he served as a Director of the American Philological Association (now the Society for Classical Studies). [3] Bers is the son of mathematician Lipman Bers. [4]
Bers was born on August 30, 1944, in Providence, Rhode Island; he is the son of the mathematician Lipman Bers, who created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions. [5]
Bers was educated at Albert Leonard Junior High School [6] and New Rochelle High School. He matriculated at the University of Chicago, where he would graduate with a bachelor's degree with distinction. Afterwards, he attained a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to study at New College, Oxford, where he would obtain a second degree. [7] In 1972, he completed studies for his Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard University. His dissertation was entitled "Enallage and Greek Style." [8] That same year, he joined the faculty of Yale University. [7]
In 1975, Bers was appointed a fellow at Yale. He would spend the majority of his career at the university, becoming a full-time professor in 1989. [9] In 1999, he was named a Director of the American Philological Association. [10]