Robert Drew Hicks (29 June 1850 – 8 March 1929 ^[1]) was a classical scholar, and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

The son of William Hicks, head clerk in the post office at Bristol, ^[2] Hicks was born in 1850, was educated at Bristol Grammar School, ^[3] and entered Trinity 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 the University of London. ^[4] His brother-in-law was Sir Thomas Heath. ^[3] Between 1898 and 1900 Robert Hicks became blind, but he nevertheless produced most of his major works after this time, aided by his wife. ^[4] He died at his home, Fossedene, at Mount Pleasant, Cambridge. ^[2]

His writings include: ^[3]

• a monumental edition of Aristotle's "De Anima" (1907).
• a small volume on the Stoics and Epicureans (1910).
• a summary of Greek philosophy for the Cambridge Companion to Greek Studies.
• a concise Latin dictionary in Braille (1921).
• his text and translation of Diogenes Laërtius for the Loeb Classical Library (1925).

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

References

External links

• Works by or about Robert Drew Hicks at Wikisource
• Works by or about Robert Drew Hicks at Internet Archive
• Works by Robert Drew Hicks at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Robert Drew Hicks at Find a Grave