born Nov 19, 1797 New York, NY
married never married
died July 29, 1867
1819 admitted to the bar
1820 professor at Columbia University
Feb 1828 received visit from Martin Harris concerning translation of Book of Mormon characters
1831 LL.D conferred on him
1835 elevated to professor of Greek & Latin
bibliography
Saints Herald 84:1001-02
Saints Herald 102:717
Saints Herald 113:442-43
NY Times July 30, 1867(obituary)
Johnson, Allen, ed.
Dictionary of American Biography
vol 1 p313-4
Garraty & Carnes, eds.
American National Biography
vol 1 p541-2
Newmyer, Stephen
"Charles Anthon: Knickerbocke Scholar"
Classical Outlook 59 (1981-82):41-44
notes:
published about 50 texts for classical studies
Martin Harris took a sample of the characters from the plates of the Book of Mormon copied by Joseph Smith to Professor Anthon.
Photo from Columbia University of Prof Anthon
Entry from The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Rossiter Johnson, editor, The Biographical Society, 1904
