Michael Grant (classicist)

Michael Grant
Born21 November 1914
London, England
Died4 October 2004(2004-10-04) (aged 89)
Tuscany, Italy
NationalityEnglish
Academic background
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Michael Grant CBE (21 November 1914 – 4 October 2004) was an English classicist, numismatist, and author of numerous books on ancient history.[1] His 1956 translation of Tacitus's Annals of Imperial Rome remains a standard of the work. Having studied and held a number of academic posts in the United Kingdom and the Middle East, he retired early to devote himself fully to writing. He once described himself as "one of the very few freelancers in the field of ancient history: a rare phenomenon". As a populariser, his hallmarks were his prolific output and his unwillingness to oversimplify or talk down to his readership. He published over 70 works.

  1. ^ "Professor Michael Grant". Daily Telegraph. 8 October 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2020.