Cedric Whitman is known for his research into Greek playwrights, Homer and Sophocles; after he earned his PhD from Harvard in 1947, he became a professor there, and was the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature at the time of his death in 1979.
Whitman is known for his research into Greek playwrights, Sophocles and Homer, and wrote Sophocles: A Study in Heroic Humanism in 1951 which won him the Award of Merit of the American Philological Association the following year. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1947 and joined the faculty that year. In 1974, Whitman became the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature, a position he would serve until his death in 1979. 
