Correspondence and minutes of Henry Jackson concerning the teaching of Greek at Cambridge

This material is held atCambridge University Library

Scope and Content

This group of papers concerns one stage in the long campaign to relax the hold of compulsory Greek on the University's curriculum and examinations, culminating in the publication of two reports by the Studies and Examinations Syndicate in 1904 and 1906.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Found in the Library in 1951.

Other Finding Aids

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Related Material

A conspectus of Henry Jackson's papers in the University Library forms an appendix to the catalogue of MSS Add.6322-23. Further material concerning compulsory Greek at Cambridge University can be found in another group of Jackson's papers catalogued at CUL MS Add.7319.