BROWNE, Gerald Michael (mentioned both as Gerald M. and G. Michael). Detroit 13.12.1943 — Urbana, Ill. 24.8.2004. U.S. Philologist. Son of Walter Whitney and Marjorie Marie Eckard Browne. A.B. 1965 University of Michigan, A.M. 1966, Ph.D. 1968. Beside Greek and Egyptology also studied Sanskrit. From 1974 Assistant Professor, 1975 Associate Professor and 1980 Professor of Classics at University of Illinois, 2003 emeritus. Died by suicide. His main research interests were papyrology and Coptic studies, also Old Nubian.
Publications: Much on classical philology and papyrology (incl. diss.), also on Coptic and Nuba.
– “Textual Notes on Vidyākara’s Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa”, IIJ 44, 2001, 21-24.
Sources: *S.M. Bay & M.G. Parca, Bull. of Am. Soc. of Papyrologists 41, 2004, 13-37; W.M. Calder III in Rutgers Darabase of Classical Scholars with small photo; brief obituary in aib.ulb.be; Wikipedia briefly.
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