Robin Lane Fox

This article is about the historian. For the anthropologist, see Robin Fox. For the theatrical agent, see Robin Fox (theatrical agent).

Robin Lane Fox
FRSL
Robin Lane Fox at Financial Times 125th Anniversary Party, London, in June 2013
Born
Robin James Lane Fox

(1946-10-05) 5 October 1946 (age 78)
NationalityBritish
EducationEton College
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Educator, author
Known forHistorian of classical antiquity
Children

Robin James Lane Fox, FRSL (born 5 October 1946)[1] is an English classicist, ancient historian, and gardening writer known for his works on Alexander the Great.[2] Lane Fox is an Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford and Reader in Ancient History, University of Oxford. Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at New College from 1977 to 2014, he serves as Garden Master and as Extraordinary Lecturer in Ancient History for both New College and Exeter College. He has also taught Greek and Latin literature and early Islamic history.[3][4]

His major publications, for which he has won literary prizes including the James Tait Black Award,[5] the Duff Cooper Prize,[6] the Heinemann Award[7] and the Runciman Award,[8] include studies of Alexander the Great and Ancient Macedon, Late Antiquity, Christianity and Paganism, the Bible and history, and the Greek Dark Ages. In addition, he is the gardening correspondent of the Financial Times.

  1. ^ "Robin Lane Fox profile at Debrett's People of Today".
  2. ^ "Travelling Heroes, By Robin Lane Fox". The Independent. 31 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Lane Fox | New College Oxford". www.new.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Classics – Exeter College". Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Lane Fox profile at the Tait Black website". Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  6. ^ Press, Orphans. "Past Winners of The Duff Cooper Prize – The Duff Cooper Prize". www.theduffcooperprize.org. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Lane Fox profile". Folio Society. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Profile of Lane Fox at the Runciman Award winners webpage of the Anglo-Hellenic League" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013.