name: Paul Cartledge
birth_date: 1947-03-23 00:00:00
genres: Politics, History
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about: Paul Anthony Cartledge is the 1st A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge. He was educated at St Paul's School &amp; New College, Oxford where he took his 1st degree &amp; completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan archaeology in 1975 under Prof. Sir John Boardman. After a period at the University of Warwick he moved in 10/79 to Cambridge University where he's a fellow of Clare College. He's a world expert on Athens &amp; Sparta in the Classical Age &amp; has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks &amp; the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes. He's also a holder of the Gold Cross of t Paul Anthony Cartledge is the 1st A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge. He was educated at St Paul's School &amp; New College, Oxford where he took his 1st degree &amp; completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan archaeology in 1975 under Prof. Sir John Boardman. After a period at the University of Warwick he moved in 10/79 to Cambridge University where he's a fellow of Clare College. He's a world expert on Athens &amp; Sparta in the Classical Age &amp; has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks &amp; the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes. He's also a holder of the Gold Cross of the Order of Honour &amp; an Honorary Citizen of modern Sparta. Besides the Leventis Professorship, he holds a visiting Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University, funded by the Greek Parliament. ...more