Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology
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The Laurence Professorship of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge University was established in 1930 as one of the offices endowed by the bequest of Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence
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Perceval Maitland Laurence
Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence was an English classical scholar, judge in South Africa and a benefactor of the University of Cambridge.-Early life and education:...
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Laurence Professors of Classical Archaeology
- Arthur Bernard CookArthur Bernard CookArthur Bernard Cook was a British classical scholar, known for work in archaeology and the history of religions. He is best known for his three-part work Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion. He is often considered one of the Cambridge Ritualists...
(1931–1934) - Alan John Bayard WaceAlan WaceAlan John Bayard Wace was an English archaeologist.Wace was educated at Shrewsbury School and Pembroke College, Cambridge...
(1934–1944) - Arnold Walter LawrenceA.W. LawrenceArnold Walter Lawrence was a British authority on classical sculpture and architecture. He was Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge University in the 1940s, and in the early 1950s in Accra he founded what later became the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board as well as the...
(1944–1951) - Jocelyn Mary Catherine ToynbeeJocelyn ToynbeeJocelyn Mary Catherine Toynbee was an English archaeologist and art historian. "In the mid-twentieth century she was the leading British scholar in Roman artistic studies and one of the recognized authorities in this field in the world."-Biography:Jocelyn Toynbee was the daughter of Harry Valpy...
(1951–1962) - Robert Manuel CookRobert Manuel CookRobert Manuel Cook was a classical scholar and classical archaeologist from England with expertise in Greek painted vases. He was Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, the author of several academic texts and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in...
(1962–1976) - Anthony McElrea Snodgrass (1976–2001)
- Martin MillettMartin MillettMartin John Millett BA, DPhil, FBA, FSA is currently the Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge...
(2001 - incumbent)