Christopher Pelling
{{Short description|British historian of ancient Greece (born 1947)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
Christopher Brendan Reginald Pelling, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FBA}} FLSW (born 14 December 1947){{cite web |title=Pelling |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb121117240 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr}} is a British classical scholar. He was the Regius Professor of Greek, at Christ Church, Oxford, from 2003 to 2015. He was President of the Hellenic Society from 2006 to 2008.
His research interests range over Greek and Latin historiography and biography, and also over other areas of Greek literature, especially tragedy.
Biography
Educated at Cardiff High School, Pelling in the 1960s was a Senior Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford and then spent twenty-nine years as Fellow and Praelector in Classics at University College, Oxford. He broke new ground through applying literary analysis to historical texts, ranging from Tacitus to Plutarch. At the same time, he was a generous tutor, well regarded by students. He returned to Christ Church, Oxford in 2003 when he became Regius Professor of Greek. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2009.{{cite web |title=Professor Christopher Pelling |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/christopher-pelling-FBA |website=The British Academy |accessdate=1 January 2020 |language=en}} He was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2011.{{Cite web |last=Wales |first=The Learned Society of |title=Christopher Pelling |url=https://www.learnedsociety.wales/fellow/christopher-pelling/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=The Learned Society of Wales |language=en-US}}
Radio and TV appearances
- 2008-01-07, BBC Radio 3, The Essay – Greek And Latin Voices
::Chris Pelling (series co-anchor) explores how Thucydides's work on the Peloponnesian War furthers people's understanding of contemporary warfare, from Vietnam to Iraq.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/11_november/29/essay.shtml]
Bibliography
- {{citation
|first=Christopher
|last=Pelling
|year=1988
|publisher=Clarendon Press
|title=Plutarch: Life of Antony
}}
- {{citation
|first=Christopher
|last=Pelling
|year=1990
|publisher=Clarendon Press
|title=Characterization and individuality in Greek literature
|isbn=0-19-814058-4
}}
- {{citation
|first=Christopher
|last=Pelling
|year=2000
|publisher=Routledge
|title=Literary texts and the Greek historian
|isbn=0-203-01027-2
}}
- {{citation
|first=Christopher
|last=Pelling
|year=2002
|title=Plutarch and History: Eighteen Studies
|isbn=0-7156-3128-4
|publisher=Classical Press of Wales
|location=London
}}
- {{citation
|first=Christopher
|last=Pelling
|year=2011
|publisher=Clarendon Press
|title=Plutarch Caesar: Translated with an Introduction and Commentary
}}
Press articles
- {{Citation
| last =Grimston
| first =Jack
| title =A-level Latin and Greek to become ancient history
| newspaper =Sunday Times
| pages =
| date =2007-08-12
| url =http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article2241711.ece | location=London}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060925055524/http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/faculty/directory/buscard.asp?IDno=136 Business card] at Oxford University
- [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1990/01.01.08.html Bryn Mawr Classical Review] Book review for Characterization and Individuality in Greek Literature
- {{IMDb name|1652368|Christopher Pelling}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Regius Professor of Greek
University of Oxford |years=2003 to 2015}}
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Category:Members of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Category:Fellows of Christ Church, Oxford
Category:Fellows of University College, Oxford
Category:Fellows of the British Academy