Mary Beard
1955
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Newnham College, Shrewsbury High School
occupation: classical scholar, historian of religion, university teacher, television presenter, classical philologist, international forum participant
award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Bodley Medal, Princess of Asturias Awards, Wolfson History Prize, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of the Open University of Catalonia, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Medlicott Medal
student of: Joyce Reynolds
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar of Ancient Rome. She is a trustee of the British Museum and formerly held a personal professorship of Classics at the University of Cambridge. She is a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature. Beard is the classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, where she also writes a regular blog, "A Don's Life". Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist". The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible". Source: Wikipedia (en)
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