Jocelyn Toynbee | |
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Born | Jocelyn Mary Catherine Toynbee 3 March 1897 London, England |
Died | 31 December 1985 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 88)
Occupation(s) | Archaeologist, art historian |
Relatives | Arnold J. Toynbee (brother) |
Jocelyn Mary Catherine Toynbee, FSA, FBA (3 March 1897 – 31 December 1985[1]) was an English archaeologist and art historian. "In the mid-twentieth century she was the leading British scholar in Roman artistic studies and one of the recognized authorities in this field in the world."[1] Having taught at St Hugh's College, Oxford, the University of Reading, and Newnham College, Cambridge, she became Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1951 to 1962, the first and so far only female to hold this position.