Mary Beard (classicist)
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Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA, FRSL (born 1 January 1955)[1] is an English classicist specialising in Ancient Rome. She is a trustee of the British Museum and formerly held a personal professorship of classics at the University of Cambridge.[2] She is a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.
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Born | Winifred Mary Beard (1955-01-01) 1 January 1955 (age 69) Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England |
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Education | Newnham College, Cambridge (MA, PhD) |
Thesis | The state religion in the late Roman Republic: a study based on the works of Cicero (1982) |
Doctoral advisor | John Crook |
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Discipline | Classics |
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Notable works | The Roman Triumph SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome |
Beard is the classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, where she also writes a regular blog, "A Don's Life".[3][4] Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist".[5] In 2014, The New Yorker characterised her as "learned but accessible".[6]