Robin Lane Fox
Robin Lane Fox FRSL | |
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Born | Robin James Lane Fox 5 October 1946 |
Nationality | British |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Educator, author |
Known for | Historian of classical antiquity |
Children |
Robin James Lane Fox,
His major publications, for which he has won literary prizes including the
Early life
Lane Fox was educated at
Academic career
Lane Fox was a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, between 1970-73. Between 1974-76, he was a
His 1973 book Alexander the Great was awarded the Duff Cooper Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Due to the success of the book, Lane Fox was historical advisor to the film director Oliver Stone for the epic Alexander. His appearance as an extra in cavalry manoeuvres, in addition to his work as a historical consultant, was publicised at the time of the film's release.[17][18][19] He wrote and presented Greek Myths: Tales of Travelling Heroes, which was first broadcast on BBC Four in November 2010.[20]
While primarily focused on ancient Greece, Fox has written three books dealing with the history of Christianity, Pagans and Christians, The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible, and a biography of Saint Augustine, Augustine: Conversions and Confessions,[21] which was awarded the Wolfson History Prize.
Personal life
Lane Fox, an atheist, is the father of
As gardening correspondent of the Financial Times, Lane Fox is an outspoken opponent of garden gnomes.[24]
List of publications
- Alexander the Great, Allen Lane, 1974. ISBN 978-0-31629-108-8 (reprinted by the Folio Societywith revisions & corrections, 1997)
- Variations on a Garden, Macmillan, 1974. ISBN 978-0-95113-920-2
- Better Gardening, R. & L., 1982. ISBN 978-0-70991-629-1
- V. Sackville-West. The Illustrated Garden Book: A New Anthology, Michael Joseph, 1986. ISBN 978-0-71812-660-5
- Pagans and Christians, Viking, 1986. ISBN 978-0-67080-848-9(reprinted by the Folio Society in 3 vols., 2010)
- The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible, Viking, 1991. ISBN 978-0-67082-412-0
- The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand, Yale University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-30010-403-5(editor)
- The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian, Allen Lane, 2005. ISBN 978-0-71399-853-5(reprinted by the Folio Society)
- Travelling Heroes: Greeks and Their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer, Allen Lane, 2008. ISBN 978-0-71399-980-8
- Thoughtful Gardening: Great Plants, Great Gardens, Great Gardeners, Particular Books, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84614-289-5
- Brill's Companion to Ancient Macedon: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Macedon, 650 BC-300 AD, Brill, 2011. ISBN 978-9-00420-650-2(editor)
- Augustine: Conversions and Confessions, Allen Lane, 2015. ISBN 978-1-84614-400-4
- The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates, Basic Books, 2020. ISBN 978-0-46509-344-1
- Homer and his Iliad, Allen Lane, 2023. ISBN 978-0-24152-451-0
References
- ^ a b c d e "Robin Lane Fox profile at Debrett's People of Today".
- ^ a b c "Travelling Heroes, By Robin Lane Fox". The Independent. 31 October 2008.
- ^ "Lane Fox | New College Oxford". www.new.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011.
- ^ "Classics - Exeter College". Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Lane Fox profile at the Tait Black website". Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Press, Orphans. "Past Winners of The Duff Cooper Prize - The Duff Cooper Prize". www.theduffcooperprize.org. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Lane Fox profile". Folio Society. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ "Profile of Lane Fox at the Runciman Award winners webpage of the Anglo-Hellenic League" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013.
- ^ Ste Croix, The Origins of the Peloponnesian War, xii
- ^ "Mr Robin J. Lane Fox". Faculty of Classics. University of Oxford. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Emeritus, Honorary and Wykeham Fellows". New College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Pagans and Christians, p. 10
- ^ a b c Pagans and Christians, p. 8
- ^ The Unauthorized Version, p. 9
- ^ a b Travelling Heroes, xiii
- ^ Travelling Heroes, p. xiv
- ^ "Into Battle With Alexander", The Times, 4 May 2004.
- ^ "Why the lowly shepherd is the one who gets to hear the angels", 20 December 2011'
- ^ "Profile".
- ^ "BBC Four - Greek Myths: Tales of Travelling Heroes". BBC.
- ^ Briefly reviewed in the February 22, 2016 issue of The New Yorker, p.77.
- ISBN 978-0-14-102296-3
- ^ "Henry Lane Fox launches website venture 'The Browser'". www.telegraph.co.uk. 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Gnomes spark row over fairies at Chelsea". The Independent. 24 May 2006.