N. G. L. Hammond

Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond
Born15 November 1907
Died24 March 2001(2001-03-24) (aged 93)
Children3 (including Caroline Bammel)
Academic background
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineClassicist
Sub-discipline
Institutions
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchSpecial Operations Executive
Years of service1940–1945
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsDistinguished Service Order
Order of the Phoenix (Greece)

Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, CBE, DSO, FBA (15 November 1907 – 24 March 2001) was a British historian, geographer, classicist and an operative for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in occupied Greece during the Second World War.

Hammond was seen as the leading expert on the history of ancient Macedonia.[1][2] His trilogy, A History of Macedonia, has been described as "[t]he most celebrated (and partly irreplaceable) work" on the subject.[3] Additionally, he was recognized for his meticulous research on the geography, historical topography and history of ancient Epirus.[4]

  1. ^ Gottmann, Jean (1984). Orbits: The Ancient Mediterranean Tradition of Urban Networks : a Lecture Delivered at New College, Oxford, on 3rd May, 1983. Leopard's Head Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-904920-10-9.
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  3. ^ Iancu, Liviu (2021). "(Review) Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos, Ancient Macedonia - in Dacia, LXV, 2021, 193-198". Dacia: Revue d'archéologie et d'histoire ancienne. LXV (1): 193–198.
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