Peter David Arthur Garnsey, (born 22 October 1938) is a retired

classicist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

and academic. Born in Australia, where he studied classics at the University of Sydney as a member of St Paul’s College, he has spent most of his career at Cambridge. He was a

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Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Jesus College was established in 1496 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Radegund's Priory, Cambridge, St ...

from 1974 to 2006, and a professor of the history of

classical antiquity Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural History of Europe, European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD comprising the inter ...

at the

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from 1997 to 2006.Garnsey – Prof Peter D A, PhD, FBA
, Jesus College,

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political theory Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. This field investigates different forms of government, ranging from d ...

intellectual history Intellectual history (also the history of ideas) is the study of the history of human thought and of intellectuals, people who conceptualization, conceptualize, discuss, write about, and concern themselves with ideas. The investigative premise of ...

, social and economic history, food, famine and nutrition, and

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Bibliography

Books

* ''Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire'' (1970).

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. * ''The Roman Empire: Society, Economy and Culture'' (1987) London 1987. Co-author. * ''Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World'' (1988).

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. * ''Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine'' (1996).

. * ''Cities, Peasants and Food'' (1998).

. * ''Food and Society in Classical Antiquity'' (1999).

. * ''Evolution of the late Antique World'' (2001).

. Co-author. * ''Lactantius, Divine Institutes. Introd/Transl./Notes'' (2003).

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. Co-author. * ''Thinking about Property, antiquity to the age of revolution'' (2007).

* ''Cambridge Ancient History'' vols. XI (2000), XII (2005), XIII(1998). Co-editor

References

External links

Peter Garnsey Faculty of Classics homepagePeter Garnsey homepage at Jesus College, Cambridge
1938 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford University of Sydney alumni Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities Historians of antiquity People educated at Canberra Grammar School {{England-academic-bio-stub