Berthold Ullman

Berthold Louis Ullman (1882 – June 26, 1965) was an American Classical scholar. Ullman was born in Chicago and educated at the University of Chicago (A.B. 1903, Ph.D. 1908). He joined the faculty at Chicago and also taught at the University of Pittsburgh and Iowa State University before moving to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He taught there from 1925 until 1944, becoming Kenan professor of Latin and department chair. Ullman's library collection formed the core of the present classics library at the University of North Carolina. Ullman was also president of the American Philological Association. As a scholar Ullman focused on Latin language, the manuscript tradition of ancient texts, and Latin in the Renaissance.