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Jocelyn Toynbee

British archaeologist and art historian (1897-1985) · United Kingdom · Academics · Died at 88

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Jocelyn Mary Catherine Toynbee, was an English archaeologist and art historian. "In the mid-twentieth century she was the leading British scholar in Roman artistic studies and one of the recognized authorities in this field in the world."

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Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Jocelyn Mary Catherine Toynbee, was an English archaeologist and art historian. "In the mid-twentieth century she was the leading British scholar in Roman artistic studies and one of the recognized authorities in this field in the world." Having taught at St Hugh's College, Oxford, the University of Reading, and Newnham College, Cambridge, she became Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1951 to 1962, the first and so far only woman to hold this position.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1985 · aged 88

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