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Frank William Walbank (; 10 December 1909 – 23 October 2008) was a scholar of ancient history, particularly the history of Polybius. He was born in
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, and died in
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. Walbank attended
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and went on to study Classics at
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. From 1951 to 1977, Walbank was Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the
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. After retirement he was a professor emeritus at Liverpool and an Honorary Fellow of Peterhouse. Walbank held visiting positions at the
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. Walbank's published works include '' Aratos of Sicyon'' (1933), ''Philip V of Macedon'' (1940), ''The Awful Revolution'' (1946; 1969), ''Polybius'' (1972; 1990), ''A Historical Commentary on Polybius'', 3 vols. (1957, 1967, 1979), ''The Hellenistic World'' (1981) and, with N.G.L. Hammond, ''A History of Macedonia, Vol. III: 336–167 BC''. He also served as the joint editor of volumes 7 and 8 of the ''Cambridge Ancient History''. In 1933, Walbank's essay " Aratos of Sicyon" won the
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Thirlwall Prize. He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1981.


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Additional sources

* Momigliano, Arnaldo. "F.W. Walbank", ''The Journal of Roman Studies'', Vol. 74. (1984).


External links


Obituary
by Peter Garnsey at the independent.co.uk (23 October 2008).
Obituary
by Robin Seager at the guardian.co.uk (19 November 2008).
Polybius Man
by Mary Beard at The Times Literary Supplement (29 May 2013). {{DEFAULTSORT:Walbank, F.W. 1909 births 2008 deaths English classical scholars Historians of antiquity Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Fellows of Peterhouse, Cambridge Academics of the University of Liverpool Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People from Bingley Scholars of ancient Greek history 20th-century English historians 21st-century English historians Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Presidents of The Roman Society Presidents of the Classical Association