Robert Drew Hicks (29 June 1850 – 8 March 1929[1]) was a classical scholar, and a fellow ofTrinity College, Cambridge.
The son of William Hicks, head clerk in the post office at Bristol,[2] Hicks was born in 1850, was educated atBristol Grammar School,[3] and enteredTrinity College, Cambridge in 1868.[4] Graduating BA in 1874, he became a fellow of Trinity in 1876.[5] He was college lecturer in Classics from 1884 to 1900.[3] He married Bertha Mary Heath in 1896, who herself held an MA in Classics from theUniversity of London.[4] His brother-in-law wasSir Thomas Heath.[3] Between 1898 and 1900 Robert Hicks becameblind, but he nevertheless produced most of his major works after this time, aided by his wife.[4] He died at his home, Fossedene, atMount Pleasant, Cambridge,[2] is buried at theParish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
Hicks' writings include:[3]
Robert Drew Hicks was born in Aust, Gloucestershire on 29 June 1850 and died in Cambridge on 8 March 1929
Obituary. Mr. R. D. Hicks. A Blind Aristotelian Scholar. Works by or aboutRobert Drew Hicks atWikisource
