Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
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Andrew Wallace-Hadrill MA, DPhil, OBE
, FBA (born 1951, Oxford
, England
) is the Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
, and was formerly director of the British School at Rome
.
Born in Oxford, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is the son of the Mediaeval historian John Michael Wallace-Hadrill
. An expert on Pompeii
, Professor Wallace-Hadrill was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America
's James R. Wiseman Award in 1995 for his book, Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
(1994). He has written several other books including, Augustan Rome
(1993) and Suetonius
: the Scholar and his Caesars (1985). Edited volumes by Professor Wallace-Hadrill include (with R. Laurence) Domestic Space in the Roman World: Pompeii and Beyond (1997) and (with J.W. Rich) City and Country in the Ancient World (1991).
In 2004, in an interview on the Australian television programme 60 Minutes, Wallace-Hadrill aired his opinion about the neglect of the archaeological site of Pompeii. He was described as an angry archaeologist when he argued that the conservation issues that need to be acted upon urgently at Pompeii are being neglected and that the site is suffering from a "second death". Regarding the deterioration of Pompeii, he contends, "Man is wreaking a damage far greater than Vesuvius. The moment of Pompeii's destruction was also the moment of its preservation. The public needs to understand that unless constant efforts are taken to arrest the decay, the site will, within decades crumble to nothing."
Wallace-Hadrill was elected the 25th Master of Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge
, taking up office in August 2009 on the expiry by statute of Professor Dame Sandra Dawson
's tenure.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, FBA (born 1951, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is the Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.The college was founded in 1596 and named after its foundress, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex. It was from its inception an avowedly Puritan foundation: some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance...
, and was formerly director of the British School at Rome
British School at Rome
The British School at Rome was established in 1901 and granted a Royal Charter in 1912 as an educational institute in the fields of archaeology, literature, music, and history of Rome and Italy of every period, and for the study of the fine arts and architecture...
.
Born in Oxford, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is the son of the Mediaeval historian John Michael Wallace-Hadrill
John Michael Wallace-Hadrill
John Michael Wallace-Hadrill CBE was Professor of Mediaeval History at the University of Manchester , a Senior Research Fellow of Merton College in the University of Oxford , Chichele Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford and a Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford...
. An expert on Pompeii
Pompeii
The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...
, Professor Wallace-Hadrill was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America
Archaeological Institute of America
The Archaeological Institute of America is a North American nonprofit organization devoted to the promotion of public interest in archaeology, and the preservation of archaeological sites. It has offices on the campus of Boston University and in New York City.The institute was founded in 1879,...
's James R. Wiseman Award in 1995 for his book, Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Herculaneum
Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in AD 79, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano, in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mt...
(1994). He has written several other books including, Augustan Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(1993) and Suetonius
Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius , was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order in the early Imperial era....
: the Scholar and his Caesars (1985). Edited volumes by Professor Wallace-Hadrill include (with R. Laurence) Domestic Space in the Roman World: Pompeii and Beyond (1997) and (with J.W. Rich) City and Country in the Ancient World (1991).
In 2004, in an interview on the Australian television programme 60 Minutes, Wallace-Hadrill aired his opinion about the neglect of the archaeological site of Pompeii. He was described as an angry archaeologist when he argued that the conservation issues that need to be acted upon urgently at Pompeii are being neglected and that the site is suffering from a "second death". Regarding the deterioration of Pompeii, he contends, "Man is wreaking a damage far greater than Vesuvius. The moment of Pompeii's destruction was also the moment of its preservation. The public needs to understand that unless constant efforts are taken to arrest the decay, the site will, within decades crumble to nothing."
Wallace-Hadrill was elected the 25th Master of Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, taking up office in August 2009 on the expiry by statute of Professor Dame Sandra Dawson
Sandra Dawson
Dame Sandra June Noble Dawson DBE, was Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University and is KPMG Professor of Management Studies at the Judge Business School. She was also Director of the Judge Business School from 1995 to 2006...
's tenure.
Publications
- Suetonius: the scholar and his Caesars (Duckworth, 1983).
- ed. with John Rich City and Country in the Ancient World (New York, 1991).
- Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (Princeton, 1994).
- Suetonius (Duckworth, 1995).