The New International Encyclopædia/Shorey, Paul

SHO'REY, Paul (1857—). An American classicist, born at Davenport, Iowa, He was educated at Harvard and at the University of Munich. From 1885 to 1892 he was professor at Bryn Mawr College, and in the latter year became the head of the department of Greek in the University of Chicago. In 1901-02 he was professor in the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Professor Shorey's studies are chiefly in the field of ancient philosophy, particularly Platonism. His published works include: De Platonis Idearum Doctrina (1884); The Idea of God in Plato's Republic (1895); and an edition of the Odes of Horace (1898).