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Robin Lane Fox

British historian, educator and writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1946 · age 80

Robin James Lane Fox, is an English classicist, ancient historian, and gardening writer known for his works on Alexander the Great. Lane Fox is an Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford, and Reader in Ancient History, University of Oxford.

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2016Wolfson History PrizeAward1974Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1973James Tait Black Memorial PrizeAward1946Born5 October 1946

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Wolfson History Prize2016
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature1974
James Tait Black Memorial Prize1973

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Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at New College from 1977 to 2014, he serves as Garden Master and as Extraordinary Lecturer in Ancient History for both New College and Exeter College. He has also taught Greek and Latin literature and early Islamic history.

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Born 1946 · age 80

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