Alan Bowman (classicist)
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Early life and education
Bowman was born on 23 May 1944 in
Academic career
After holding academic positions at Rutgers University and the University of Manchester he was elected as University Lecturer in Ancient History at Oxford University and Official Student of Christ Church, Oxford. He was Senior Censor at Christ Church from 1988 to 1990.[2]
In 1995 Bowman became founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents at Oxford.[2][4] In 2002 he became Camden Professor of Ancient History and Fellow of Brasenose College.[5]
In 1996, Bowman co-edited volume 10 of the
In 1994, Bowman was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[7]
Selected works
- Bowman, Alan K.; Thomas, J. D. (1983). The Roman writing tablets from Vindolanda. Britannia Monograph Series. Vol. 4. London: British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0714113739.
- Bowman, Alan K. (1986). Egypt after the Pharaohs: 332 BC - AD 642, from Alexander to the Arab conquest (1st ed.). London: British Museum Publications. ISBN 978-0714109428.
- Bowman, Alan K.; Woolf, Greg, eds. (1996). Literacy and power in the ancient world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521587365.
- Bowman, Alan K.; Brady, Michael, eds. (2005). Images and artefacts of the ancient world. Oxford: Oxford University Press for The British Academy. ISBN 978-0197262962.
References
- ^ "Election of a new Principal". Brasenose College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ ISBN 0-7136-4495-8.
- ^ Who's Who 2022. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents". 27 October 2009. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ "Professor Alan K Bowman". Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ISBN 9781139054386. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Professor Alan Bowman FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
External links
- Prof. Alan K. Bowman MA, PhD (Tor) FBA Faculty homepage
- Vindolanda Tablets Online