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]

His writings include:^[3]

• a monumental edition ofAristotle's "De Anima" (1907).
• a small volume on theStoics andEpicureans (1910).
• a summary of Greek philosophy for theCambridge Companion to Greek Studies.
• a conciseLatin dictionary inBraille (1921).
• his text and translation ofDiogenes Laërtius for theLoeb Classical Library (1925).

He is buried at theParish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.

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