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Professor David Thomas FBA

Classics and Ancient History
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1989
Year of death
2026
Subjects
Classics
Sections
Classical Antiquity
Website
https://www.dur.ac.uk/classics/staff/?id=6231

Last post

University of Durham Emeritus Professor of Papyrology

Past appointments

University of Durham Reader; Professorial Fellow in Papyrology

1977 - 1992

University of Durham Lecturer; Senior Lecturer in Palaeography

1966 - 1977

Publications

The Oxyrhynchus papyri

David Thomas - Published in 1971-2013 by Egypt Exploration Society

Vols XXXVIII, XLIV, XLVII, L, LVII, LX,LV-LXVIII

The epistrategos in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt

David Thomas - Published in 1975, 1982 by VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

Two Volumes

The Vindolanda writing tablets

David Thomas and Alan Bowman - Published in 1983, 1994, 2003 by British Museum Press

Three Volumes

What is religious studies?

12 Oct 2019 Professor David Thomas FBA

Professor David Thomas FBA explains the difference between theology and religious studies, and why these subjects remain central to contemporary life.

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Professor Tim Whitmarsh FBA

Ancient Mediterranean literature, culture and thought; Greek literature, especially of the Roman Empire; cultural contacts in the ancient world; ancient religion and scepticism; literary and cultural theory

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Dr Stephanie West FBA

Classics and Ancient History

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Professor M. M. McCabe FBA

Philosophy: Ancient philosophy especially Plato's metaphysics, epistemology and ethics; ethics; the philosophy of medicine

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