Aubrey de Sélincourt

Aubrey de Sélincourt (7 June 1894 – 20 December 1962) was an English writer, classical scholar, and translator. He was also a keen sailor. He had over 24 books credited to his authorship, but is chiefly remembered for his translations—all for Penguin Classics—of Herodotus' ''The Histories'' (1954), Arrian's ''Life of Alexander the Great'' (1958), Livy's ''The Early History of Rome'' (Books I to V, 1960), and ''The War with Hannibal'' (Books XXI to XXX, 1965, posthumous). Provided by Wikipedia