Harold Whetstone Johnston
Harold Whetstone Johnston was a classical historian and Professor of Latin at Indiana University, best known for writing The Private Life of the Romans.
Personal life
Johnston was the son of DeWitt Clinton Johnston and Margretta Hay. In 1882, he married Eugenia Hinrichsen.Death
Johnston died of cyanide poisoning on June 17, 1912 while on a train from Monon, Indiana to Indianapolis. The coroner determined that he had ingested potassium cyanide intentionally, and his friends indicated he had been upset due to financial difficulties.Works
- 1897 – A collection of examples illustrating the metrical licenses of vergil
- 1903 –, Publisher: Beaufort Books
- 1910 – Selected Orations and Letters of Cicero Scott, Foresman and Co.