Mary Beard
Classicist and author
Mary Beard is an English classicist who specializes in Ancient Rome and is a well-known voice in public life. She wrote Women and Power.
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British Born 1955 in Much Wenlock, United Kingdom
About Mary Beard
Dame Winifred Mary Beard comes from Much Wenlock in Shropshire and was born in 1955. She studied at Newnham College, Cambridge, and stayed in Cambridge for her PhD. She is a fellow of Newnham College and has held a professorship of classics at the University of Cambridge. Beard has been classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement since 1992, and she writes the blog "A Don's Life". She is a bestselling author, and Women and Power sits alongside SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome among her works. She also appears often on television and radio.