P. E. Easterling

P. E. Easterling
Born (1934-03-11) 11 March 1934 (age 90)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Alma materNewnham College, Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
University College London
University of Cambridge

Patricia Elizabeth Easterling, FBA (née Fairfax;[1] born 11 March 1934) is an English classical scholar, recognised as a particular expert on the work of Sophocles.[2] She was Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge from 1994 to 2001.[3] She was the 36th person and the first — and, so far, only — woman to hold the post.[4]

  1. ^ "Harmonising Hellenist". Times Higher Education (THE). 21 April 1995. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ^ Cartledge, Paul. "Foreword". Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition. p. xii.
  3. ^ "British Academy: Professor Pat Easterling".
  4. ^ "Honorary Fellows | Newnham College". Newnham College. Retrieved 14 November 2017.