Frank Byron Jowett, who often published under the name F. B. Jevons, was an esteemed classical scholar and comparativist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His scholarly pursuits were particularly concentrated on the study of religion, mythology, and anthropology. Jevons was born on January 31, 1858, in Yorkshire, England, and he was a prolific writer, having contributed extensively to the...