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G. E. M. de Ste. Croix

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British historian of Ancient Greece (1910-2000)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1910 to 2000 · aged 89
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Geoffrey Ernest Maurice de Ste. Croix, known informally as Croicks, was a British historian who specialised in examining Ancient Greece from a Marxist perspective.

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De Ste. Croix used this picture (The Potato Eaters by Van Gogh, 1885) as the frontispiece for his book The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World.De Ste. Croix used this picture (The Potato Eaters by Van Gogh, 1885) as the frontispiece for his book The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World.

Awards 2

1982Deutscher Memorial Prize
Fellow of the British Academy

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About this person

Geoffrey Ernest Maurice de Ste. Croix, known informally as Croicks, was a British historian who specialised in examining Ancient Greece from a Marxist perspective. He was Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at New College, Oxford, from 1953 to 1977, where he taught scholars including Robin Lane Fox, Robert Parker and Nicholas Richardson.

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United Kingdom
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 2000 · aged 89
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9 languages

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