| First Name |
Mary
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| Last Name |
Beard
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| Maiden Name |
Beard
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| Full Name at Birth |
Winifred Mary Beard
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| Alternative Name |
Prof Mary Beard, Prof. Mary Beard, Professor Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, Professor of Classics, @wmarybeard (twitter), 'Dame Winifred Mary Beard DBE FBA FSA', @MaryBeard5 (facebook), 'Fellow at Newham College', 'Classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement', Britain's best-known classicist, Mary Beard OBE, 'Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature', 'Fellow of the British Academy'
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| Birthday |
1st January, 1955
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| Birthplace |
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Hair Color |
Grey
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| Distinctive Feature |
Scandalous long grey hair...., Mary is the goddess of latin...., She developed a fascination with antiquity by working on archaelogical digs...., She is also a writer and broadcaster on a wide range of other topics...., Uses middle name as first name...
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| High School |
Shrewsbury High School in Shropshire, England
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| University |
Newnham College, Cambridge (MA), Newnham College, Cambridge (PhD)
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| Occupation Text |
Classical scholar, author, broadcaster, literary editor
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| Occupation |
Educator
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| Claim to Fame |
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012), Julius Caesar Revealed (2018) & Civilisations (2018)
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| Music Genre (Text) |
The culture of Roman display, Paradigms of power in the Roman empire, Classical archaeology, Ancient Rome, Roman art
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| Year(s) Active |
1985 > 2018 (author: 18 x books), 1979 > 1983 (Classics lecturer: at King's College, London)
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| Record Label |
Profile Books (book publisher), Oxford University Press (book publisher), Cambridge University Press (book publisher), University of California Press (book publisher), Harvard University Press (book publisher), MONDADORI (book publisher), Editions A&J Picard (book publisher), Cornell University Press (book publisher), Perrin (book publisher), FISCHER E-Books (book publisher), Points (book publisher), Editorial Crítica (book publisher), Liveright (book publisher), Carocci editore (book publisher), Belknap Press (book publisher), Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (book publisher), Planeta (book publisher), Athenaeum (book publisher), GLF editori Laterza (book publisher), Crítica (book publisher), Record (book publisher), Metaichmio (book publisher), Reclam Philipp Jun (book publisher), Presses Universitaires du Mirail (book publisher), Editions de Paris (book publisher), Profile Books Ltd (book publisher), Sterling; Illustrated edition (book publisher), Sutton Pub Ltd (book publisher)
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| Official Websites |
twitter.com/wmarybeard, en-gb.facebook.com/MaryBeard5/, www.the-tls.co.uk/category/a-dons-life/
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| Pets |
Robin Cormack (husband m.1985), Zoe Cormack (son), Raphael Cormack (son), John Crook (doctoral advisor), Dr. Jerry Toner (co-author), Professor Keith Hopkins (co-author), John Henderson (co-author), Keith Hopkins (co-author), John North (co-author), Simon Price (co-author), Silvia Furió (translator), Aldo Piccato (translator), John Scheid (co-author), Carla Lazzari (translator), Simon Duran (translator), Ulrike Bischoff (translator), Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat (translator), Ursula Blank-Sangmeister (translator), Beatriz Eguibar (translator), Tomás Fernández Aúz (translator), A. M. Paci (translator), Sylvie Hoyinck (translator), Anna Raupach (translator), Tacitus, Michael Crawford, Jane Harrison (scholar), Joyce Emily Beard (mother), Roy Whitbread Beard (father)
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| Favorite Books |
The Greeks and the Irrational....E. R. Dodds, The Greeks: A Portrait of Self....Paul Cartledge, Rome....Amanda Claridge, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150-750....Peter Brown, Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of....Tom Holland, The Iron Hand Of Mars: (Falco 4)....Lindsey Davis, Pompeii....Robert Harris, The Myths of Rome....T. P. Wiseman, The Odyssey....Geraldine McCaughrean, WAYS OF SEEING....John Berger, A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN....Virginia Woolf, WHITE TEETH....Zadie Smith, MONUMENTS AND MAIDENS....Marina Warner, THE ODYSSEY....Homer, JANE EYRE....Charlotte Bronte, The Female Eunuch....Germaine Greer, Sexual Politics....Kate Millet, The Paper Bag Princess....Robert Munsch
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| Favorite Places |
Cambridgeshire, England
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Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA, FRSL (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilisation.
