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George Law Cawkwell (25 October 1919 – 18 February 2019) was a
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who specialised in the
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of
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in the 4th century BC.


Life and career

Born in
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, New Zealand, Cawkwell was educated at
King's College, Auckland King's College (Latin: ''Collegium Regis''; mi, Kīngi Kāreti), often informally referred to simply as King's, is an independent secondary boarding and day school in New Zealand. It educates over 1000 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years. King's was o ...
, and became
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there. He attended the
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from 1938, gaining BA and MA degrees. He joined the army in 1942 during
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and fought with the Fijian Infantry in the Solomons in 1944. Cawkwell was a
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at
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, studying at Christ Church. He played in the position of
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for the national
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team, gaining his
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in 1947. For most of his life, Cawkwell was a
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and
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in
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of
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. He was a Fellow from 1949 to 1987 and then became an
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Fellow. He authored a number of books on ancient history. His students included the classical scholars
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and Raphael Sealey. He won the Runciman Award in 1998 for his book ''Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War''. Cawkwell was the first "
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" of University College, fund-raising for the 750th anniversary of the college in 1999. The George Cawkwell Fellowship in Ancient History has been established at the college. A boat in the University College Boat Club is also named after him. His portrait was painted by the artist
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. George Cawkwell married Pat Clarke in 1945. The businessman and stock market commentator Simon Cawkwell (born 1946) is his son. Cawkwell died on 18 February 2019 at 99 years of age.


Selected books

Cawkwell's books include: * ''Philip of Macedon''.
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, 1978. . * ''Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War''.
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, 1997. . * ''The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia''.
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, 2005. .


See also

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cawkwell, George 1919 births 2019 deaths Writers from Auckland People educated at King's College, Auckland University of Auckland alumni New Zealand Rhodes Scholars New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Scotland international rugby union players Fellows of University College, Oxford English classical scholars English historians Scholars of ancient Greek history Classical scholars of the University of Oxford New Zealand classical scholars Contributors to the Oxford Classical Dictionary