Professor Mark P. O. Morford, of Leeds, died Monday October 14, 2019 at the Hospice of the Fisher Home after a brief illness. He was 90 years old.
Professor Morford taught at The Ohio State University from 1964 to 1984, serving as Chairman of the Department of Classics from 1968 to 1980.
A distinguished author, Mark wrote several books including Lucan; Persius; Stoics and Neostoics: Justus Lipsius and the Circle of Rubens; and of particular note, with Robert Lenardon and Michael Sham, Classical Mythology, the 11thedition of which was released last year.
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