Peter Garnsey | |
|---|---|
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1972) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney University of Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ancient history |
| Sub-discipline | Social history Economic history Food and drink |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral students | Richard Miles |
Peter David Arthur Garnsey, FBA, FAHA (born 22 October 1938) is a retired classicist and academic. Born in Australia, where he studied classics at the University of Sydney as a member of St Paul’s College, he has spent most of his career at Cambridge. He was a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1974 to 2006, and a professor of the history of classical antiquity at the University of Cambridge from 1997 to 2006.[1][2] His area of research concerns the history of political theory, intellectual history, social and economic history, food, famine and nutrition, and physical anthropology.