Cyril Mango | |
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Born | Istanbul, Turkey | 14 April 1928
Died | 8 February 2021 United Kingdom | (aged 92)
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Thesis | Recherches sur le palais impérial de Constantinople : la Chalcé et ses abords (1953) |
Doctoral advisor | Rodolphe Guilland |
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Doctoral students | John Wortley |
Notable works | Byzantium: The Empire of New Rome |
Cyril Alexander Mango FBA, FSA (14 April 1928 – 8 February 2021) was a British scholar of the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire. He is celebrated as one of the leading Byzantinists of the 20th century.[1][2]
Mango was Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's College London,[3] the University of Oxford Bywater and Sotheby Professor Emeritus of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature and emeritus professorial fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.[4]