Kenneth Dover
1920
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2010
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Balliol College, St Paul's School
occupation: hellenist, university teacher, classical scholar, classical philologist, ornithologist
award received: Gaisford Prize, Kenyon Medal, honorary doctor of Durham University, honorary doctor of the University of Birmingham, Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Knight Bachelor
Sir Kenneth James Dover, (11 March 1920 – 7 March 2010) was a distinguished British classical scholar and academic. He was president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1976 to 1986. In addition, he was president of the British Academy from 1978 to 1981, and chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1981 to 2005. A scholar of Greek prose and Aristophanic comedy, he was also the author of Greek Homosexuality (1978), a key text on the subject. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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