Arthur Blackburne Poynton

Arthur Blackburne Poynton (28 June 1867 – 8 October 1944) was an English classical scholar.

[4] In 1894, he was elected a fellow and tutor of University College, Oxford, where he would spend the rest of his career.

[4] At University College, he was a tutor to the author and academic C. S. Lewis[5] from 1919 to 1920 and the classical scholar E. R.

[4][1][7] He delivered the oration for Albert Einstein at his honorary degree ceremony in the Sheldonian Theatre on 23 May 1931.

[8] Poynton died on 8 October 1944 as the result of a motor car crash in the High Street at Oxford.