Peter J. Parsons

Professor
Peter J. Parsons
FBA
Regius Professor of Greek
University of Oxford
In office
1989–2003
Preceded by Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones
Succeeded by Christopher Pelling
Personal details
Born Peter John Parsons
(1936-09-24) 24 September 1936
Citizenship United Kingdom
Nationality British
Awards Fellow of the British Academy (1977)

Peter John Parsons, FBA (born 24 September 1936) is a British classicist and academic specialising in papyrology. He was Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 2003.

Academic career

From 1960 to 1989, Parsons was a lecturer in papyrology at the University of Oxford.[1] In 1989, he was appointed Regius Professor of Greek, one of Oxford's most senior professorships, in succession to Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones.[2] He was also Director of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project.[3] He stepped down as Regius Professor in 2003 and was succeeded by Christopher Pelling.[2]

Honours

In 1977, Parsons was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[1] In 2007, he was awarded the John D. Criticos Prize by the London Hellenic Society for his book City of the Sharp-Nosed-Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt.[3]

Selected works

  • Barns, J. W. B.; Parsons, P. J.; Rea, John; Turner, E. G. (1966). The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Part XXXI. London: Egypt Exploration Society.
  • Lloyd-Jones, Hugh; Parsons, Peter, eds. (1983). Supplementum Hellenisticum. Berolini: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3110081718.
  • Parsons, Peter (2007). City of the sharp-nosed fish: Greek lives in Roman Egypt. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0297645887.
  • Bowman, A. K.; Coles, R. A.; Gonis, N.; Obbink, D. D.; Parsons, P. J., eds. (2007). Oxyrhynchus: a city and its texts. London: Egypt Exploration Society. ISBN 978-0856981777.
  • Parsons, Peter John; Maehler, Herwig; Maltomini, Francesca, eds. (2014). The Vienna Epigrams Papyrus (G 40611). Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3110354522.

References

  1. 1 2 "PARSONS, Professor Peter". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Culture in pieces". Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project. University of Oxford. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "The 2007 Prize". London Hellenic Prize. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Hugh Lloyd-Jones		 Regius Professor of Greek
University of Oxford
1989 to 2003		 Succeeded by
Christopher Pelling
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