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On 4 January 1945, Andrewes was appointed Member of the military division of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) 'in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field'.<ref name="LG 2 January 1945">{{London Gazette |issue=36876 |date=2 January 1945 |page=027 |supp=y }}</ref> He was elected a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] in 1957.<ref name="FBA - bio">{{cite web|title=British Academy Fellows|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/dec.cfm?member=3330|work=Deceased Fellows|publisher=British Academy|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref> |
On 4 January 1945, Andrewes was appointed Member of the military division of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) 'in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field'.<ref name="LG 2 January 1945">{{London Gazette |issue=36876 |date=2 January 1945 |page=027 |supp=y }}</ref> He was elected a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] in 1957.<ref name="FBA - bio">{{cite web|title=British Academy Fellows |url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/dec.cfm?member=3330 |work=Deceased Fellows |publisher=British Academy |accessdate=10 July 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121004525/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/dec.cfm?member=3330 |archivedate=21 January 2016 }}</ref> |
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Antony Andrewes | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 June 1990 | (aged 80)
Nationality | British |
Title | Wykeham Professor of Ancient History |
Academic background | |
Education | Winchester College |
Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Ancient history |
Sub-discipline | Ancient Greece |
Institutions | Pembroke College, Oxford New College, Oxford |
Doctoral students | John Barron |
Antony Andrewes, MBE, FBA (12 June 1910 – 13 June 1990) was an English classical scholar and historian. He was Wykeham Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford from 1953 to 1977.
Early life
Andrewes was born in Tavistock, Devon, England, on 12 June 1910. He was educated at Winchester College from 1923 to 1929. He studied at New College, Oxford, between 1929 and 1933.
Career
Academic career
Andrewes was a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, between 1933 and 1946, and of New College, Oxford, from 1946 to 1953. He was Wykeham Professor of Ancient History from 1953 until his retirement in 1977.
Military service
On 20 June 1941, he was commissioned in the Intelligence Corps, British Army, as a second lieutenant. His service number was 191239.[1] By January 1945, he was a captain (temporary major).[2]
Later life
He died in 1990, the day after his 80th birthday.
Honours
On 4 January 1945, Andrewes was appointed Member of the military division of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 'in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field'.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1957.[3]
Works
- The Greek tyrants (1956)
- The Greeks (1967); later republished as Greek society
References
- ^ "No. 35230". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 July 1941. p. 4346.
- ^ a b "No. 36876". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1945. p. 027.
- ^ "British Academy Fellows". Deceased Fellows. British Academy. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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- The Greeks (biographical sketch)
- Pembroke College, Fellows in the 1930s
- 1910 births
- 1990 deaths
- People from Tavistock
- English classical scholars
- People educated at Winchester College
- Alumni of New College, Oxford
- Fellows of Pembroke College, Oxford
- Fellows of New College, Oxford
- Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars
- Wykeham Professors of Ancient History
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Classical scholars of the University of Oxford