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Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Andrew Frederic Wallace-Hadrill, OBE, FBA, FSA (born 29 July ) is a British ancient historian, classical archaeologist, and academic. He is Professor of Roman Studies and Director of Research in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge.

He was Director of the British School at Rome between and , and Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from August to July

Early life and education

Wallace-Hadrill was born on 29 July in Oxford, England, the son of mediaeval historian John Michael Wallace-Hadrill and Anne Wallace-Hadrill (née Wakefield).[1] He was educated at the privateRugby School.[2] He studied Literae humaniores (ie classics) at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree: as per tradition, his BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree.

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Andrew Frederic Wallace-Hadrill, OBE, FBA, FSA (born 29 July ) is a British ancient historian, classical archaeologist, and academic. He is Professor of Roman Studies and Director of Research in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge.

He went on to attain a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree at St John's College, University of Oxford.[3] His doctoral thesis was titled "Suetonius on the emperor: studies in the representation of the emperor in the Caesars" and was submitted in [4]

Academic career

Wallace-Hadrill's first academic position was Fellow of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge between and He was also the Director of Studies in Classics of the College during that time.

He then lectured at the University of Leicester from till In , he became Professor of Classics at the University of Reading until [3] Wallace-Hadrill was Director of the British School at Rome between and He was elected the 25th Master of Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge, taking up office in August on the expiry by statute of Professor DameSandra Dawson's tenure.[5] In June , it was announced that he would be standing down from the position of Master to concentrate his efforts on the Herculaneum Conservation Project.

He stood down in , and continued at Cambridge as Director of Research of the Faculty of Classics from 1 October [6] He now has the status of Emeritus Professor.

In , in an interview on the Australian television programme 60 Minutes, Wallace-Hadrill aired his opinion about the neglect of the archaeological site of Pompeii.

He was described as an "angry archaeologist" when he argued that the conservation issues that need to be acted upon urgently at Pompeii are being neglected and that the site is suffering from a "second death". Regarding the deterioration of Pompeii, he contends, "Man is wreaking a damage far greater than Vesuvius. The moment of Pompeii's destruction was also the moment of its preservation.

The public needs to understand that unless constant efforts are taken to arrest the decay, the site will, within decades crumble to nothing."[7]

Television

Wallace-Hadrill has made three well-reviewed documentary programmes for BBC television.

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The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum, first screened in April , was described by The Arts Desk as "a straightforward, lively but informative documentary of substance" on Herculaneum, a Roman city that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.[8] The two-parter, Building the Ancient City: Athens and Rome, was screened in August , and showed how the building of Athens and Rome paralleled the development of democracy in those two cultures.

Daisy Wyatt of The Independent said of it: "An exuberant Wallace-Hadrill made thedocumentary watchable thanks to his passion for the subject. It was hard to feel anything but warmth for the antithesis of the typical Oxbridge academic presenter."[9]

Honours and awards

Selected works

  • Suetonius: The Scholar and His Caesars (Duckworth, ).[14]
  • City and Country in the Ancient World (New York, ), ed.

    with John Rich[15]

  • Augustan Rome ()[16]
  • Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (Princeton, ).[17]
  • Suetonius (Duckworth, ).
  • Domestic Space in the Roman World: Pompeii and Beyond (), ed. with Ray Laurence[18]
  • Rome's Cultural Revolution (Cambridge, )[19]
  • Herculaneum: Past and Future (Frances Lincoln, ).[20]

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    See full list on howold.co A Roman social and cultural historian, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill was Master of the College from to Born in Oxford, son of a distinguished historian of the early middle ages (John Michael Wallace-Hadrill), he took his first degree in Classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and his doctorate, on Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars, at St.

    Sidney Sussex College. 6 July Retrieved 4 June

  7. ^Wallace-Hadrill, A. F. (). Suetonius on the emperor: studies in the representation of the emperor in the Caesars (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. Retrieved 13 June
  8. ^Dr David Beckingham. "Sidney elects a new Master".

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  11. ^Güner, Fisun (2 April ). "The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum, BBC Two". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 26 March
  12. ^Wyatt, Daisy (20 August ). "Building the Ancient City: Athens, BBC2, TV review".

    The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May Retrieved 26 March

  13. ^Honorary Graduates of the University of Reading - website of the University of Reading
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  18. ^Rich, John, ed. (). City and Country in the Ancient World. New York. ISBN&#;.: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  19. ^Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew (). Augustan Rome.

  20. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. Augustan Rome, 2nd Ed.
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  24. ^Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Princeton University Press. ISBN&#;.
  25. ^"Domestic Space in the Roman World: Pompeii and Beyond". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 22. ISBN&#;.
  26. ^Rome's Cultural Revolution.

    Cambridge University Press. ISBN&#;.

  27. ^Herculaneum: Past and Future. Frances Lincoln. ISBN&#;.

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