# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-beard
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:00:53.778Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-beard"
name: "Mary Beard"
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description: "Dame Winifred Mary Beard is an English classicist specialising in Ancient Rome. She is a trustee of the British Museum and formerly held a personal professorship of classics at the University of Cambridge. She is a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature."
tagline: "English classicist (born 1955)"
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birthDate: "1955-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump