Richard L. Hunter
Richard L. Hunter | |
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Born | Richard Lawrence Hunter 30 October 1953 |
Citizenship | Australia |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Sydney University of Cambridge |
Thesis | A commentary on Euboulos (1979) |
Doctoral advisor | C. F. L. Austin |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classical studies |
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Institutions |
Richard Lawrence Hunter FBA (born 30 October 1953[1]) is an Australian classical scholar. From 2001 to 2021, he was the 37th Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge.
Early life and education
Hunter was born on 30 October 1953.[2] He grew up in Australia, and was educated at Cranbrook School, an independent school in Sydney.[2] He studied at the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) degree in 1974.[2][3] He then moved to England, where he studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Cambridge; he was a member of Pembroke College, Cambridge.[2] His doctoral thesis was titled "A commentary on Euboulos", and his PhD was awarded in 1979.[4]
Academic career
After completing his PhD, Hunter became a lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 2001 he was appointed as the Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge[5] in succession to P. E. Easterling and became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[6] He retired as Regius Professor in October 2021,[2] giving his valedictory lecture on 27 September 2021.[7]
Hunter is a member of the Academy of Athens,[1] an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney[3] and has an honorary degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[3] He serves on the advisory board of the periodical Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici.[8] Since 2013, he is president of the council of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[9]
In 2013, Hunter was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[10]
Publications
- Eubulus: The Fragments (Cambridge, 1983)
- A Study of Daphnis & Chloe (Cambridge, 1983)
- The New Comedy of Greece and Rome (Cambridge, 1985)
- Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica Book III (Cambridge, 1989)
- The 'Argonautica' of Apollonius: literary studies (Cambridge, 1993)
- Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry (Cambridge, 1996)
- Studies in Heliodorus (Cambridge, 1998)
- Theocritus. A Selection (Cambridge, 1999)
- Theocritus: Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus (Berkeley, 2003)
- Plato's Symposium (Oxford, 2004)
- Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (with M. Fantuzzi) (Cambridge, 2004)
- The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions (Cambridge, 2005)
- The Shadow of Callimachus (Cambridge, 2006)
- On Coming After: Studies in Post-Classical Greek Literature and its Reception (Berlin, 2008)
- Wandering Poets in Ancient Greek Culture (with I. Rutherford) (Cambridge, 2009)
- Critical Moments in Classical Literature (Cambridge, 2009)
- Plutarch, How to study poetry (with D. Russell) (Cambridge, 2011)
- Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature: the silent stream (Cambridge, 2012)
- Hesiodic Voices. Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days (Cambridge, 2014)
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome (ed.; with Casper C. de Jonge) (Cambridge, 2018)
- The Layers of the Text: Collected Papers on Classical Literature 2008–2021 (Berlin, 2023)
References
- ^ a b Academy of Athens membership Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e "Hunter, Prof. Richard Lawrence, (born 30 Oct. 1953), Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge University, 2001–Oct. 2021; Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, since 2001". Who's Who 2021. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ a b c University of Sydney News, 2 December 2005
- ^ Hunter, R. L. (1979). A commentary on Euboulos. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Cambridge University Faculty of Classics
- ^ List of Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge by date of election
- ^ "Richard Hunter's Valedictory Lecture as Regius Professor of Greek". Faculty of Classics. University of Cambridge. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Libraweb
- ^ Marseilles, Makki (26 January 2013). "Australian professor to lead Greek university". University World News.
- ^ "Professor Richard Hunter FBA". Retrieved 23 July 2023.
External links
- On Coming After. Inaugural lecture as Regius Professor of Greek, 17 October 2001
- The Silence Of The Sirens: readings of Homer then and now. Lecture given at the ceremonies' hall of the University of Athens, March 2006
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