Reginald Hackforth FBA (17 August 1887 – 6 May 1957[1]) was an English classical scholar, known mainly for his work on Plato, and from 1939 to 1952 was the second Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University.
After attending Westminster, Hackforth went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1907, graduating in 1909 with first class honours in both parts of the classical tripos.
[2] After a brief period lecturing at the University of Manchester (1910–12), Hackforth returned to Cambridge as a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College in 1912, a position he held for the remainder of his life.
[2] For many years he served as editor of the Classical Quarterly, winning the respect and friendship of J. D. Denniston and A. E.
Inspector of Schools,[6] who was buried with him in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge after her own death in 1975.