G. A. Williamson

Geoffrey Arthur Williamson MC (1895–1982) was an English classicist and was a graduate of Oxford University. He was Senior Classics Master at Norwich School between 1922 and 1960.

Background

Williamson was born in 1895.^[1] He was awarded the Military Cross in 1918.^[2]

He was a Classical Exhibitioner at Worcester College, Oxford University, graduating with a first class honours degree.^[1]

In 1922 he became the Senior Classics Master at Norwich School and served there until 1960.^[1]

Williamson translated several important histories into the English language. His translation of Eusebius has been published by Penguin Classics.^[3] He also translated Josephus: The Jewish War (1959)^[4] and Procopius: The Secret History (1966).^[5] In 1969 his edition of the Poems of Catullus was published in The Alpha Classics series by George Bell & Sons.^[6]

He was the father of the organ builder Martin Williamson.^[7][8]

See also

• E. Mary Smallwood