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مری برد (کلاسیک)
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English classicist (born 1955)
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Mary Beard is a British university teacher, television presenter, classical philologist, and historian. Born in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, in 1955, she holds citizenship in the United Kingdom. She works in Cambridge and has been employed by King's College London and Newnham College, where she was educated. Her academic field is classical philology, and she studied under Joyce Reynolds.
Beard has received several awards, including the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, the Princess of Asturias Awards, the Wolfson History Prize, and the title of Fellow of the British Academy. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British Academy, Academia Europaea, and the Society of Antiquaries of London. Her notable works include *Literacy in the Roman World*, *Religions de Rome*, *Age of Caesar*, *El triunfo romano*, and *Parthenon*. She is married to Robin Cormack.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955
- Works
- 90
Top works
- SPQR
- Literacy in the Roman world
- Religions de Rome
- Age of Caesar
- El triunfo romano
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Film & TV
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilization. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible". Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.
Known for
- Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard — Self - Presenter2024
- Sultana's Dream — Mary Beard (voice)2023
- Mary Beard's Forbidden Art2022
- Remembers… — Self2022
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self – Historian2022
- Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude — Self - Presenter2020
- Inside Culture — Self - Presenter2020
- Julius Caesar Revealed — Presenter2018
- Civilisations — Presenter2018
- Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards — Self2017
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Key facts
- Born
- Winifred Mary Beard , ( 1955-01-01 ) 1 January 1955 (age 71) , Much Wenlock , Shropshire , England
- Spouse
- Robin Cormack ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 )
- Children
- 2, including Raphael
- Awards
- Wolfson History Prize (2009) Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2018) Princess of Asturias Awards (2016) Bodley Medal (2016)
- Education
- Newnham College, Cambridge ( MA , PhD )
- Thesis
- The state religion in the late Roman Republic: a study based on the works of Cicero (1982)
- Doctoral advisor
- John Crook
- Discipline
- Classics
- Sub discipline
- Ancient Rome Roman art Classical archaeology
- Institutions
- King's College London University of Cambridge University of California, Berkeley
- Notable works
- The Roman Triumph , SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Much Wenlock
- Spouse
- Robin Cormack
- Occupation
- classical philologist
- Educated at
- Newnham College
- Employer
- Newnham College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Student of
- Joyce Reynolds
- Field of work
- classical philology
- Image
- Mary Beard UC3M 2017 (cropped).JPG
- Work location
- Cambridge
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- date of birth
- 1955-01-01
- member of
- Society of Antiquaries of London
- Commons category
- Mary Beard
- different from
- Mary Ritter Beard
- name in native language
- Mary Beard
- social media followers
- 320098
- professorship
- professor
- affiliation string
- University of Cambridge
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