Hugh Lloyd-Jones
Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones | |
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| Born | Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones 21 September 1922 Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands |
| Died | 5 October 2009 (aged 87) Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Academic work | |
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| Notable students | Martin Litchfield West |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Intelligence Corps |
| Wars | Second World War |
Sir Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones FBA (21 September 1922 – 5 October 2009) was a British classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford. Educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford, he served as a linguist and intelligence officer during the Second World War, including a stint at the code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park. After a brief fellowship at Jesus College, Cambridge, he moved to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he remained for the rest of his academic career. In 1961, he was made Regius Professor of Greek.
Lloyd-Jones's publications included editions of the Greek playwrights Menander, Sophocles and Aeschylus, as well as works on classical literature and classical reception. His doctoral students included the Hellenist Martin Litchfield West. He was knighted on his retirement in 1989, and died in 2009 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he lived with his second wife, Mary Lefkowitz.