Obituaries
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From the Harvard Gazette: Professor Ernst Badian, John Moors Cabot Professor of History Emeritus, died on Feb. 1. After teaching in the universities of Sheffield, Durham, and Leeds in Britain, and at the State University of New York, Buffalo, he was appointed to Harvard’s Department of History in 1971, and was cross-appointed to the Department…
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From the Irish Times: Former Trinity vice-provost and emeritus professor John Victor Luce died yesterday following a short illness at the age of 90. Better known as JV Luce, he was a senior fellow of Trinity and was the 62nd vice-provost of the university from 1987 to 1989, a position which his father, Arthur Aston…
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Dr Badian died a few days ago and obituaries still haven’t appeared; the closest seems to be from Harvard’s Faculty page, which seems to have added a line noting his passing: Ernst Badian was Professor of History 1971-82 and John Moors Cabot Professor of History 1982-98. He passed away on February 1, 2011, at the…
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From Le Monde (tip o’ the pileus to Dorothy King): L’académicienne Jacqueline de Romilly, spécialiste de la civilisation et de la langue grecques, est morte samedi à l’âge de 97 ans, indique, dimanche, son éditeur Bernard de Fallois. Née le 26 mars 1913 à Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) d’un père professeur de philosophie et d’une mère romancière,…
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From Athens News: Professor Yannis Sakellarakis was born in Athens in 1936. He studied at the University of Athens and read for a PhD at Heidelberg University. He was an instructor at the universities of Athens, Heidelberg, and Hamburg. He gave lectures and presented papers in symposiums and conferences around the world, including Oslo and…
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