Richard Phare Duncan-Jones, FBA, FSA (born 14 September 1937) is a British historian of the ancient world who specialises in Roman economy and society.

Early life and education

Duncan-Jones is the son of philosopher Austin and playwright and literary scholar Elsie Duncan-Jones; his sister is the Shakespeare scholar

Katherine Duncan-Jones Katherine Dorothea Duncan-Jones, (13 May 1941 – 16 October 2022) was an English literature and Shakespeare scholar. She was a Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge (1965–1966) and then Somerville College, Oxford (1966–2001). She was also Professo ...

. He was educated at

King Edward's School, Birmingham King Edward's School (KES) is an independent day school for boys in the British public school tradition, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Founded by King Edward VI in 1552, it is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Bir ...

, and

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...

(BA 1959, MA 1963, PhD 1965).

Career

In 1963, he was elected a

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Gonville and Caius College Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of th ...

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. He was a college lecturer in classics and is a Life Fellow of the college.* ‘Duncan-Jones, Richard Phare’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; online edn, Nov 2011 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U14305, accessed 19 Feb 2012

Works

*''The economy of the Roman Empire'' (1974) *''Structure and scale in the Roman economy'' (1990) *''Money and government in the Roman Empire'' (1994) *''Power and privilege in Roman society ''(2016)

References

1937 births Living people Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London {{UK-historian-stub