Alexander F. Garvie FRSE | |
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| Born | 1934 |
| Died | 2024 Glasgow |
| Occupation | Emeritus Professor of Classics |
| Spouse | Jane Wallace Johnstone |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Edinburgh (MA) Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (MA) |
| Doctoral advisor | Denys Page |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Sub-discipline | Greek Tragedy Aeschylus |
| Institutions | University of Glasgow |
| Doctoral students | Douglas Cairns |
Alexander Femister Garvie (1934 – 2024) was a British classicist and Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Glasgow. Garvie's career at Glasgow spanned 39 years across the Departments of Greek and Classics, rising from Assistant Lecturer in 1960 to Professor of Classics in 1998. He is best known for his commentaries on Aeschylus, and especially for his seminal commentary on Aeschylus' Choephori.