Robert Drew Hicks (29 June 1850 – 8 March 1929[1]) was a classical scholar, and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
The son of William Hicks, head clerk in the post office at Bristol,[2] Hicks was born in 1850, was educated at Bristol Grammar School,[3] and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1868.
[3] He married Bertha Mary Heath in 1896, who herself held an MA in Classics from the University of London.
[3] Between 1898 and 1900 Robert Hicks became blind, but he nevertheless produced most of his major works after this time, aided by his wife.
[2] His writings include:[3] He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.