1. Charles Anthon was an American classical scholar.
15 Facts About Charles Anthon
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Charles Anthon produced classical works for schools, which contained assistance and translations in the notes.
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Charles Anthon had a disagreement with Martin Harris over an account where they discussed the authenticity of the Anthon Transcript of the Book of Mormon.
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Charles Anthon died in New York City at the age of 69.
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Charles Anthon's father George Christian Anthon was a German-American medical doctor who served in the British Army during the American Revolution until the surrender of Detroit in 1796.
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Charles Anthon was born there on November 19,1797, graduated with honors from Columbia College in 1815, and, after studying law at his elder brother's firm, was called to the bar in 1819.
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Charles Anthon retired from the grammar school in 1864 and died in New York on July 29,1867, at the age of 69.
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Charles Anthon produced a large number of classical works for use in colleges and schools, which enjoyed great popularity, although schoolmasters sometimes disliked their use by students, owing to the large amount of assistance and translations contained in the notes.
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Charles Anthon wrote A Manual of Greek Literature from the Earliest Authentic Periods to the Close of Byzantine Era, providing a list of all Greek writers in that period, with a summary of their life and works and a bibliography of editions then in use.
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Dr Charles Anthon's work was carried on by his successor, Henry Drisler.
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Charles Anthon is famous in connection with the history of the Latter Day Saint movement because of his interactions with Martin Harris in February 1828 concerning a fragment of Joseph Smith's translation of the Book of Mormon.
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When informed that an angel of God had revealed the characters to Joseph Smith, Charles Anthon tore up the authentication, stating that there was no such thing as angels, and asked Harris to bring the plates to him for translation.
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Dr Charles Anthon was a friend and correspondent of Edgar Allan Poe, who attempted to use their acquaintance to gain a national reputation in literature and journalism as well as publication in 1845 of his collected stories through Harper and Brothers.
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Charles Anthon's brother Henry Anthon was a noted clergyman.
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Charles Anthon's son Charles Edward Anthon was a professor of history and belles-lettres at the New York Free Academy, and a prominent numismatist.