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R. A. B. Mynors

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 28, 2021 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  15:28, 15 June 2021 (UTC)



R. A. B. Mynors (28 July 1903 –17 October 1989) was an English classicist and medievalist who held the senior chair of Latin at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He served as the Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge from 1944 to 1953 and as the Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at Oxford from 1953 until his retirement in 1970. Mynors' reputation is that of one of Britain's foremost classicists. A textual critic, he specialised in the study of manuscripts and their role in the reconstruction of classical texts. He was an expert on palaeography, and has been credited with unravelling a number of highly complex manuscript relationships. His publications include critical editions of Vergil, Catullus, and Pliny the Younger. In addition to receiving honorary degrees and fellowships from various institutions, Mynors was made a Knight Bachelor in 1963. He died in a car accident, aged 86. His comprehensive commentary on Vergil's Georgics was published posthumously.
 * Most recent similar article(s): I don't recall any Latinist. We had William Feiner, head of a U.S. university, on 4 May, and may have John Early (educator), in the same series, on 1 July. I believe that we can have these two scientists in July. (We have two sports people in June.)
 * Main editors: Modussiccandi
 * Promoted: May 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: This is the editors first FA, and the birthday of the person portrayed seems a good reason to show it. The blurb was kindly prepared by Gog the Mild. I wonder if we should give his abbreviated common name, and how to accomodate that he started in Oxford (with Cambridge as kind of a detour). I would be good to know when about the photo was taken. (I also wonder about "Rogers" in the image's name, - thinking "Roger" would make more sense.)
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support as main editor. I agree with Gerda on the name issue and have changed the blurb accordingly. I also removed the "Sir" since that has to go with full first names, I think. The Oxford/Cambridge thing doesn't trouble me much: Gerda is right, he spent most of his time at Oxford but, given that the job at Cambridge was perhaps his most high-profile, I'm comfortable with putting them on equal footing in the blurb. Regarding the date of the image: unfortunately, Balliol have given me no indication of when this was taken, neither do his obituaries. Modussiccandi (talk) 09:22, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support.  Ergo Sum  14:12, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Something a little different. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:07, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Panini! 🥪 11:43, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support nice bit of variety. Ceoil  (talk) 14:16, 29 May 2021 (UTC)