James Diggle, (born 1944) is a British classical scholar. He was Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Cambridge between 1995 and 2011.
Early life and education
Born in 1944, Diggle was educated at St John’s College, Cambridge; he completed Part II of the
Classical Tripos in 1965, and went on to complete his
doctoral studies there; his PhD was awarded in 1969.
[ "Diggle, Prof. James", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 10 September 2019.]
Academic career
Diggle was appointed a
research fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1966 and was elected to an official
the following year. He was the college librarian from 1969 to 1977 and
praelector from 1971 to 1973 and again from 1978 to 2015.
He was also an assistant
lecturer in classics at the University (1970–75) and then lecturer until 1989, when he was appointed to a readership.
[ "Cambridge University Officers: D", ACAD: A Cambridge Alumni Database. Retrieved 10 September 2019.] He was then
Professor of Greek and Latin from 1995 until he retired in 2011.
Diggle also served as
Public Orator between 1982 and 1993.
[ "Orator", ACAD: A Cambridge Alumni Database. Retrieved 10 September 2019.]
Between 1981 and 1994 he edited the three-volume Oxford edition of the tragedies of Euripides, which has since been regarded as the standard edition. He is editor of the Cambridge Greek Lexicon, published in 2021.[ Cambridge Greek Lexicon, official project webpage]
In 1985, Diggle was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities.[ "Professor James Diggle", The British Academy. Retrieved 10 September 2019.] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to classical scholarship.
See also
-
Comparison of Ancient Greek dictionaries
