Erich S. Gruen

Erich S. Gruen
Born (1935-05-07) May 7, 1935
Occupation(s)Classicist, historian
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1969, 1989)
Academic background
Alma materColumbia University
Merton College, Oxford
Harvard University
Academic work
Sub-disciplineClassical history
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Notable studentsKenneth Sacks
Josephine Crawley Quinn
Notable worksThe Last Generation of the Roman Republic

Erich Stephen Gruen (/ˈɡrən/ GROO-ən, German: [ˈɡʁuːən]; born May 7, 1935) is an American classicist and ancient historian. He was the Gladys Rehard Wood Professor of History and Classics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught full-time from 1966 until 2008. He served as president of the American Philological Association in 1992.