Mary Beard (classicist)

Biography:

Mary Beard OBE FSA is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge a Fellow of Newnham College and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature. She is the Classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog A Don's Life which appears in The Times as a regular column. Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as Britain's best-known classicist.