Erich S. Gruen | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 7, 1935 |
| Occupation(s) | Classicist, historian |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1969, 1989) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Merton College, Oxford Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Sub-discipline | Classical history |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Notable students | Kenneth Sacks Josephine Crawley Quinn |
| Notable works | The Last Generation of the Roman Republic |
Erich Stephen Gruen (/ˈɡruːən/ GROO-ən, German: [ˈɡʁuːən]; born May 7, 1935) is an American classicist and ancient historian.[1] He was the Gladys Rehard Wood Professor of History and Classics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught full-time from 1966 until 2008. He served as president of the American Philological Association in 1992.