Professor Reinhold Merkelbach FBA

Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
1986
Year of birth
1918
Year of death
2006
Honours
FBA

Current post

Professor Emeritus of Classics, Universität zu Köln

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor William Harris FBA

Greek & Roman history, with special interests in Italy, the rise of the Roman Empire, literacy, & topics that verge on other disciplines, especially psychology, economics & environmental sciences

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Professor Dr Irene De Jong FBA

Ancient Greek narrative, especially epic and historiography; the application of modern literary theory, especially narratology, on ancient texts; Greek literary history

Irene De Jong FBA

Professor Nicholas Purcell FBA

Roman social, economic and cultural history, combining the evidence of inscriptions, literary texts, and archaeology; the place of ancient history in the long-term history of the Mediterranean basin and its adjoining regions.

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