HOLDEN

holden, hubert ashton (1822-1896), english classical scholar, came of an old staffordshire family. he was educated at king edward's school, birmingham, and trinity college, cambridge (senior classic, 1845; fellow, 1847). he was vice-principal of cheltenham college (1853-1858), and headmaster of queen elizabeth's school, ipswich (1858-1883). he died in london on the 1st of december 1896. in addition to several school editions of portions of cicero, thucydides, xenophon and plutarch, he published an expurgated text of aristophanes with a useful onomasticon (re-issued separately, 1902) and larger editions of cicero's _de officiis_ (revised ed., 1898) and of the _octavius_ of minucius felix (1853). his chief works, however, were his _foliorum silvula_ (1852), a collection of english extracts for translation into greek and latin verse; _folia silvulae_ (translations of the same); and _foliorum centuriae_, a companion volume of extracts for latin prose translation. in english schools these books have been widely used for the teaching of latin and greek composition.