Peter David Arthur Garnsey, FBA, FAHA (born 22 October 1938) is a retired classicist and academic. Born in Australia, where he studied classics at the University of Sydney as a member of St Paul’s College, he has spent most of his career at Cambridge. He was a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1974 to 2006, and a professor of the history of classical antiquity at the University of Cambridge from 1997 to 2006.[1][2] His area of research concerns the history of political theory, intellectual history, social and economic history, food, famine and nutrition, and physical anthropology.

Peter Garnsey
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1972)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
University of Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineAncient history
Sub-disciplineSocial history
Economic history
Food and drink
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Doctoral studentsRichard Miles

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  1. ^ Garnsey – Prof Peter D A, PhD, FBA Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, Jesus College, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 13 May 2012. Archived here.
  2. ^ "GARNSEY, Prof. Peter David Arthur". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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