Richard Duncan-Jones

Richard Phare Duncan-Jones, FBA, FSA (born 14 September 1937) is a British historian of the ancient world who specialises in Roman economy and society.

Early life and education

Duncan-Jones is the son of philosopher Austin and playwright and literary scholar Elsie Duncan-Jones; his sister is the Shakespeare scholar Katherine Duncan-Jones. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and King's College, Cambridge (BA 1959, MA 1963, PhD 1965).[1]

Career

In 1963, he was elected a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. He was a college lecturer in classics and is a Life Fellow of the college.[2][3][4]

Works
  • The economy of the Roman Empire (1974)
  • Structure and scale in the Roman economy (1990)
  • Money and government in the Roman Empire (1994)
  • Power and privilege in Roman society (2016)
gollark: Pedantry may be reinitialized at any time.
gollark: You have had your 3 apiominutes.
gollark: You know that's not how the parser works.
gollark: ++remind 3m thing
gollark: I disagree with calling this objective.

References
  1. A Register of Admissions to King's College, Cambridge, 1945-1970, ed. R. H. Bulmer. L. P. Wilkinson, King's College Association, 1973, p. 161
  2. "Dr Richard Duncan-Jones FBA". People. Gonville & Caius College. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. Duncan Jones


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.