H. C. Baldry

Harold Caparne Baldry (1907-1992) was a British classical scholar and professor of classics at universities including Cape Town, Southampton, and Nottingham. He authored notable works such as The Unity of Mankind in Greek Thought, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Ancient Greek Literature in its Living Context, and Greek Literature for the Modern Reader, and delivered influential lectures like his 1949 inaugural at the University of Cape Town on the relevance of classics.Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards,IxTheo,UCT Classics