Mary Beard
CountryUnited Kingdom 
GenderFemale
BirthdayJan 1, 1955
BiographyDame Winifred Mary Beard (born 1 January 1955) 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. 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, for which 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". In 2014, The New Yorker characterised her as "learned but accessible".
Biography from the Wikipedia article Mary Beard. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Beard is the classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, for which 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". In 2014, The New Yorker characterised her as "learned but accessible".
Biography from the Wikipedia article Mary Beard. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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