Alan Bowman (classicist)

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Alan Bowman

Ptolemaic Egypt
  • Roman Egypt
  • papyrology
  • Institutions
    Doctoral studentsJane Rowlandson

    Alan Keir Bowman,

    Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, from 2011 to 2015.[1]

    Early life and education

    Bowman was born on 23 May 1944 in

    Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree.[3] He then studied at the University of Toronto, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree.[2] He remained at Toronto to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree which he completed in 1969.[3]

    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

    Cambridge Ancient History second edition series, entitled The Augustan Empire, 43 BC - AD 69. As well as co-editing the volume, he also contributed the chapter on 'Provincial Administration and Taxation'. His fellow editors were Andrew Lintott, also of Oxford, and Edward Champlin, of Princeton University.[6]

    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. .
    • Bowman, Alan K. (1986). Egypt after the Pharaohs: 332 BC - AD 642, from Alexander to the Arab conquest (1st ed.). London: British Museum Publications. .
    • Bowman, Alan K.; Woolf, Greg, eds. (1996). Literacy and power in the ancient world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
    • Bowman, Alan K.; Brady, Michael, eds. (2005). Images and artefacts of the ancient world. Oxford: Oxford University Press for The British Academy. .

    References

    1. ^ "Election of a new Principal". Brasenose College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
    2. ^ .
    3. ^
      Who's Who 2022
      . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
    4. ^ "Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents". 27 October 2009. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
    5. ^ "Professor Alan K Bowman". Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
    6. . Retrieved 2 June 2020.
    7. ^ "Professor Alan Bowman FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

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    Academic offices
    Preceded by Camden Professor of Ancient History, Oxford University
    2002-2010
    Succeeded by
    Nicholas Purcell
    Preceded by Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford
    2011-2015
    Succeeded by