George C. Brauer Jr. ’47

GEORGE DIED Sept. 27, 1993, in Columbia, S.C. Like most of us, he entered Princeton in the summer of 1943. He majored in English and stayed on at Princeton after graduation to take a doctorate in English in 1952.

From Princeton, George went to the Univ. of Texas, where he taught for the next four years. In 1956, he moved to the Univ. of South Carolina, an institution he found so much to his liking that he taught there for the next 32 years, At the time of his death he was distinguished professor emeritus of English

George's initial professional interest was the literature of the 18th century, and the first of his five books, THE EDUCATION OF A GENTLEMAN, reflected that interest. Somewhat later, he became fascinated by Roman antiquity and thereafter devoted himself to that field. He demonstrated his mastery of it with four books: THE YOUNG EMPERORS, JUDAEA WEEPING, THE SOLDIER EMPERORS, and TARAS: ITS HISTORY AND COINAGE.

He was deeply grateful to his department for, as he put it in our 40th yearbook, "enabling me to indulge my shifting intellectual interest when I was supposed to be writing about other things." In turn, the department was equally grateful for his presence and the excellence of his teaching and writing, and honored him with an award for distinguished research.

George is survived by his sister, Georgia Graham. To her the class extends its profound sympathy.

The Class of 1947