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Encyclopedia > Charles Anthon

Charles Anthon (November 19, 1797July 29, 1867) was an American classical scholar, born in New York City. November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city in North America. ...


After graduating with honours at Columbia College in 1815, he began the study of law, and in 1819 was admitted to the bar, but never practised. In 1820 he was appointed assistant professor of Greek and Latin in his old college, full professor ten years later, and at the same time headmaster of the grammar school attached to the college, which post he held until 1864. Columbia College is the name of several institutions of higher education. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Aphorism Critical legal studies Jurisprudence Law (principle) Legal research Legal code Natural justice Natural law Philosophy of law Religious law External links Find more information on Law by searching one of Wikipedias sibling projects: Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law The Australian Institute of Comparative... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A bar association is a body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


He produced, for use in colleges and schools, a large number of classical works, which enjoyed great popularity, although his editions of classical authors were by no means in favour with schoolmasters, owing to the large amount of assistance, especially translations, contained the notes.


Charles Anthon is famous among members of the Latter Day Saint movement because of his interactions with Martin Harris concerning a fraction of Joseph Smith's translation of the Golden Plates. The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the Mormonism movement or the Mormon movement) is a religious movement beginning in the early 19th century that led to the set of doctrines, practices, and cultures called Mormonism and to the existence of numerous churches, the majority of which call themselves Latter... Martin Harris (1783–1875) was the first financier of The Book of Mormon. ... Daguerreotype which some experts believe to be an original 1843 photograph of Joseph Smith, Jr. ... An 1893 engraving of Joseph Smith receiving the Golden Plates and the Urim and Thummim from Moroni. ...


This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain. Supporters contend that the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1910-1911) represents the sum of human knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century; indeed, it was advertised as such. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...


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Anthon Transcript (1075 words)
Anthon, for his part, left written accounts in 1834 and 1841 in which he contradicted himself on whether he had given Harris a written opinion about the document.
However, this claim remains uncertain because the transcript does not correspond with Anthon's assertion that the manuscript he saw was arranged in vertical columns.
The Anthon Transcript is also important to subsequent generations as an authentic sample of characters that were inscribed on the gold plates and thus one of the few tangible evidences of their existence.
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