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Jan 01, 1955 Much Wenlock, England, United Kingdom 69 years old
English classicist
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About Mary Beard Classicist
- Dame Winifred Mary Beard, (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar and classicist.
- The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible".Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.
- She is the Classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, where she also writes a regular blog, "A Don's Life".
- Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist."Beard was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to the study of classical civilisations.
