Oswyn Murray

For the British civil servant, see Oswyn Murray (civil servant).

Oswyn Murray FSA[1] (born 26 March 1937) is a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford University and a distinguished classical scholar.[2]

Murray is joint editor with John Boardman and Jasper Griffin of the Oxford History of the Classical World.[citation needed]

Boris Johnson was one of his students when he was reading Classics at Balliol College. He describes Johnson as "a buffoon and an idler". In 2018, when Johnson became prime minister, Murray sent his former student, in the ancient tradition, a renuntiatio amicitiae, a public revocation of their friendship.[3]

  1. ^ "Oswyn Murray: Biography". Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  2. ^ The end of an era. Balliol College, University of Oxford, 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2012. Archived here.
  3. ^ Higgins, Charlotte (6 October 2019). "Boris Johnson's love of classics is about just one thing: himself | Charlotte Higgins". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 October 2020.