Mckay, Alexander Gordon
MCKAY, Alexander Gordon
MCKAY, Alexander Gordon. Canadian, b. 1924. Genres: Archaeology/ Antiquities, Architecture, Classics. Career: Professor Emeritus of Classics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, 1990- (Assistant Professor, 1957-59; Associate Professor, 1959-61; Professor, 1961-90; Chairman Dept. of Classics, 1962-68, 1976-79; Dean, Faculty of Humanities, 1968-73). Instructor, Wells College, Aurora, NY, 1949-50; Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1950-51; Lecturer, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1951-52; Lecturer, Mt. Allison University, Sackville, NB, 1952-53; Assistant Professor, 1953-54, and Assoc Professor of Classical Philology, 1954-55, Waterloo College, ON; Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, 1955-57; Adjunct Professor of Humanities, York University, Toronto, 1990-96. Publications: Naples and Campania: Texts and Illustrations, 1962; Victorian Architecture in Hamilton, 1967; Vergil's Italy, 1970; (with D.M. Shepherd) Roman Lyric Poetry: Catullus and Horace, 1970; Ancient Campania: Vol. I, Cumae and the Phlegraean Fields, 1972, Vol. II, Naples and Coastal Campania, 1972; Houses, Villas and Palaces in the Roman World, 1975; (with D.M. Shepherd) Roman Satire, 1976; Vitruvius, Architect and Engineer, 1978; (ed.) New Perspectives in Canadian Archaeology, 1978; Selected Papers, Royal Society of Canada, 3 vols., 1979; The Written Word, 1980; Roma Antiqua: Latium and Etruria, 1986; Tragedy, Love and Change: Roman Poetic Themes and Variations, 1994; Arma Virumque: Heroes at War, 1998; Classics at McMaster, 1890-2000, 2000. Address: 1 Turner Ave, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8P 3K4. Online address: ag.mckay@sympatico.ca