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Arnold Wycombe Gomme
British classical scholar (1886–1959)
Arnold Wycombe Gomme (16 November 1886 – 17 January 1959) was a British classical scholar, lecturer in Ancient Greek (1911–1945), Professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow (1946–1957), and Fellow of the British Academy (1947).
Life
He was born to Laurence and Alice Gomme, noted folklore experts. He studied at Merchant Taylor's School and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1911, he became assistant lecturer for Greek and Greek history at the University of Glasgow.
In 1946, he became professor of ancient Greek at the same university.
In October 1914, he was commissioned in the Army's Interpreters' Corps.
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From November 1914 to November 1915, he served with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 8th Division in France. In June 1915, he was transferred to the Army Service Corps in France. From November 1915 to October 1916, was chief of MI-1c political and economic intelligence in Thessaloniki, Greece.[1]