Margareta Steinby
Margareta Steinby FSA | |
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| Born | Eva Margareta Steinby 21 November 1938 Viipuri, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
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| Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
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| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Doctoral students | Rubina Raja |
Eva Margareta Steinby FSA (born 21 November 1938; Wilén until 1961) is a
Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire[1] at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford from 1994 to 2004.[2] She is best known for her work on the architecture and topography of Rome, especially due to her contributions to the Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae (1993-2000).[3]
Biography
Steinby was assistant director (1973–1977) and then director (1979–1982, 1992–1994) of the Finnish Institute in Rome. She then returned to Finland as senior research fellow at the
All Souls College in 2004.[7]
Her major work was as the editor of the six volume multilingual reference work on the topography of Ancient Rome, the Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae. In 2007, a supplement to the Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae was published in her honour.[8] She received the Order of the White Rose of Finland in 1991.[5]
Selected publications
- Steinby, M. 1974. I bolli laterizi degli antiquari del Foro e del Palatino. Roma: Accademia nazionale dei Lincei.
- Steinby, M. 1974. La cronologia delle figlinae doliari urbane dalla fine dell'età repubblicana fino all'inizio del iii sec. Bullettino, Comm. arch. comunale di Roma. Spoleto.
- Steinby, M. 1986. “L'industria laterizia di Roma nel tardo impero.” In A. Giardina. Società romana e impero tardoantico, Vol. 2: Roma: Politica, Economia, Paesaggio Urbano. Editori laterza. pp. 99–164.
- Steinby, M. 2003. La Necropoli della Via Triumphalis Roma.
References
- ^ "Steinby, Margareta". Uppslagsverket Finland. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "History of the Institute". School of Archaeology, University of Oxford. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ Boatwright, M. 2009: Review of Leone et al. 2007. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009-08-22
- ^ "List of Members,Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Prof Eva Margareta Steinby, FSA Authorised Biography". Debrett’s People of Today. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Corresponding Members". Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ "All Souls College, Oxford". All-souls.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ Leone et al. 2007. Res bene gestae: Ricerche di storia urbana su Roma antica in onore di Eva Margareta Steinby. Roma: Quasar.
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