Helen King | |
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![]() Professor King in 2016 | |
Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University College London |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classics |
Sub-discipline | Ancient medicine |
Institutions | University of Reading Open University |
Helen King (born 1957) is a British classical scholar and advocate for the medical humanities.[1] She is Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at the Open University.[2] She was previously Professor of the History of Classical Medicine and Head of the Department of Classics at the University of Reading.[3]