Kenneth Dover#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 768 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Kenneth Dover passed away March 10, 2010.
Positions Held
- 1981 - 2005 Chancellor of the University of St Andrews
- 1976 - 1986 President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- 1955 - 1976 Professor of Greek at St. Andrews, twice Dean of the Faculty of Arts
Fields of Scholarship
- Greek linguistics
- Greek history
- Greek drama
- Greek oratory
Honours and Awards
- 1966 Fellow of the British Academy, 1978 - 1981 President
- 1975 Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Foreign Member of the American and the Royal Netherlands Academies of Arts and Sciences
- 1977 Knighthood for services to Greek scholarship
- Recipient of honorary degrees from the Universities of Oxford, St Andrews, Birmingham, Bristol, London, Durham, Liverpool, and Oglethorpe
