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British hellenist and classical philologist (1920-2010)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1920 to 2010 · aged 89
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Sir Kenneth James Dover, was a distinguished British classical scholar and academic. He was president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1976 to 1986. In addition, he was president of the British Academy from 1978 to 1981, and chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1981 to 2005.

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1993Kenyon Medal
1939Gaisford Prize
honorary doctor of Durham University
honorary doctor of the University of Birmingham
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Knight Bachelor

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Sir Kenneth James Dover, was a distinguished British classical scholar and academic. He was president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1976 to 1986. In addition, he was president of the British Academy from 1978 to 1981, and chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1981 to 2005. A scholar of Greek prose and Aristophanic comedy, he was also the author of Greek Homosexuality (1978), a key text on the subject.

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United Kingdom
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Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
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Lived 1920 to 2010 · aged 89
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