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John Earle Raven (; 13 December 1914 – 5 March 1980), who published as J. E. Raven, was an English classical scholar, notable for his work on presocratic philosophy, and amateur botanist. ==Early life and education== John Raven was born on 13 December 1914 in Cambridge,〔(Catalogus Philologorum Classicorum )〕 the son of Charles Earle Raven, sometime Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and of Margaret Wollaston. His mother's family endowed Raven with a distinguished intellectual pedigree, including between 1723 and 1829 seven Fellows of the Royal Society (among them Charlton Wollaston, Francis Wollaston (1694-1774), Francis Wollaston (1762-1823), George Wollaston and William Hyde Wollaston); Raven was also a 7th generation direct descendent of William Wollaston, the philosophical writer. On his father's side, he was related to Dean Hole.〔Raven, Chapter 1〕 Raven was educated at St Ronan's School, then situated at Worthing, before proceeding in September 1928 with a scholarship to Marlborough College, where he distinguished himself academically, winning prizes in English verse, Greek iambics, Greek and Latin prose and Latin verse, culminating in a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge. He did not confine himself to the intellectual, playing in the first XV at rugby and setting new school records in 1934 for the high jump and 440 yards.〔Raven, Op. cit., Chapter 2〕 Following the award of a first class degree in classics at Trinity〔(A Rum Affair: How Botany's "Piltdown Man" was Unmasked ) by Karl Sabbagh, The Penguin Press 1999, ISBN 978-0-7139-9277-9〕 Raven became in 1946 a research fellow there. In October 1948 he was elected a fellow of King's College, Cambridge,〔("John Raven’s report on his visit to the Hebrides", 1948 ) edited by C. D. Preston, ''Watsonia''; 25: 17–44 (2004)〕 a position he held until his retirement in 1984. During the Second World War he was a conscientious objector,〔(Obituary of Andrew Raven ), ''The Daily Telegraph''; 5 October 2005〕 basing his case on arguments by Plato. He undertook unsalaried social work for Guy Clutton-Brock at Oxford House in Bethnal Green.〔(King's College Archive: Papers relating to John Earle Raven )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Raven」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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