John Atkinson (professor)
John Edward Atkinson | |
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| Born | 20 October 1938 |
| Died | 11 April 2022 (aged 83) Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Classical scholar |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Durham (BA) University of Cape Town (PhD) |
| Thesis | A Commentary on Book 3 of Q. Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernst Badian |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ancient history |
| Institutions | University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, University of South Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Notable works | A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus’ Historiae Alexandri Magni, Books 3 and 4 (1980), A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus’ Historiae Alexandri Magni, Books 5-7.2 (1994), Storie di Alessandro di Curzio Rufo, 2 vols. (2003-5), and (with J. C. Yardley) Curtius Rufus, Histories of Alexander the Great, Book 10 (2009). |
John Edward Atkinson (20 October 1938 – 11 April 2022) was a British and South African classicist. He was Emeritus Professor of Classics, as well as a former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, at the University of Cape Town.