Peter David Arthur Garnsey, FBA, FAHA (born 22 October 1938) is a retired classicist and academic. Born in Australia, where he studied classics at the University of Sydney as a member of St Paul’s College, he has spent most of his career at Cambridge. He was a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1974 to 2006, and a professor of the history of classical antiquity at the University of Cambridge from 1997 to 2006.[1][2] His area of research concerns the history of political theory, intellectual history, social and economic history, food, famine and nutrition, and physical anthropology.
Peter Garnsey | |
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| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1972) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney University of Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ancient history |
| Sub-discipline | Social history Economic history Food and drink |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral students | Richard Miles |
Bibliography
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edit- Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire (1970). Oxford University Press.
- The Roman Empire: Society, Economy and Culture (1987) London 1987. Co-author.
- Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World (1988). Cambridge University Press.
- Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine (1996). Cambridge University Press.
- Cities, Peasants and Food (1998). Cambridge University Press.
- Food and Society in Classical Antiquity (1999). Cambridge University Press.
- Evolution of the late Antique World (2001). Cambridge University Press. Co-author.
- Lactantius, Divine Institutes. Introd/Transl./Notes (2003). Liverpool University Press. Co-author.
- Thinking about Property, antiquity to the age of revolution (2007). Cambridge University Press
- Cambridge Ancient History vols. XI (2000), XII (2005), XIII(1998). Co-editor
References
edit- ^ Garnsey – Prof Peter D A, PhD, FBA Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, Jesus College, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 13 May 2012. Archived here.
- ^ "GARNSEY, Prof. Peter David Arthur". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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