Emily Gowers

Emily Gowers FBA
Gowers in 2023
Born	Emily Joanna Thomas (1963-09-27) 27 September 1963 (age 61)
Nationality	British
Academic background
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Thesis	The representation of food in Roman literature
Academic work
Discipline	Classics
Sub-discipline	Latin literature
Institutions	Princeton University University of Cambridge
Notable works	The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman Literature

Emily Joanna Gowers, FBA (née Thomas; born 27 September 1963) is a British classical scholar. She is Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. She is an expert on Horace, Augustan literature, and the history of food in the Roman world.^[1]