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Dame '''Averil Millicent Cameron''', [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]], [[Fellow_of_the_British_Academy|FBA]] (born [[February 8]], [[1940]]), is Warden of [[Keble College, Oxford]], Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History in the [[University of Oxford]], and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
[[Image:postum.gif|Original flavor Postum beverage mix. |thumb|right|250px]]
'''Postum''' was a powdered [[roasted grain beverage]] sold by the [[Kraft Foods]] company as a [[coffee substitute]]. The [[caffeine]]-free beverage mix was created by company founder [[C. W. Post]] in 1895 and produced and marketed by [[Post Cereals|Postum Cereal Company]] as a healthy alternative to coffee. Post was a student of Dr. [[John Harvey Kellogg]] who believed [[caffeine]] to be unhealthy. Postum was made from [[wheat bran]], [[wheat]], [[molasses]], and [[maltodextrin]] from corn. It was discontinued in Autumn of 2007.<ref>{{cite web | author=Sara Israelsen-Hartley | title=Fans in withdrawal from coffee substitute Postum | url=http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695240438,00.html | work=Deseret Morning News | date=1 January 2008| accessdate=2008-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Taashi Rowe | title=Goodbye to Postum | url=http://news.adventist.org/data/2008/1200610280/index.html.en | work=Adventist News | date=22 January 2008| accessdate=2008-03-01}}</ref>


She was previously Professor of Ancient History (1978-1989) and Professor of Late Antique and [[Byzantine Studies]] (1989-1994), at [[King's College London]].
Before being discontinued in October of 2007, it was sold in the USA and Canada. The Canadian packaging included English, as well as French, on the label. The 8 oz. (226g) glass jar contained about 75 teaspoon servings. This 10 calorie beverage was caffeine free, fat free, trans-fat free, sodium free, and Kosher. In addition to the original flavor, there was also a coffee-flavored version.


At Oxford, she is Chair of the Advisory Committee on Honorary Degrees and also sits on committees for Conflict of Interest, Select Preachers, and the Wainwright Fund.
In the wake of its discontinuance, a number of replica recipes for Postum have circulated across the Internet.<ref>http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1630,149185-250198,00.html</ref>


Her commitments beyond the University include Chair of the [[Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England]] and of the [[Institute of Classical Studies|Institute of Classical Studies Advisory Council]], Vice-Chair of the [[Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies]], President of the [[Ecclesiastical History Society]] and of the [[Council for British Archaeology in the Levant]], and Vice-President of the [[Fédération internationale des associations d'études classiques]].
Postum was sometimes marketed by an invisible cartoon ghost named, "Mister Coffee Nerves", who would appear in situations wherein normal human characters were shown in uncomfortable life-situations (e.g. irritability, lack of sleep, loss of athletic prowess) due to their use of coffee and its negative effects. These cartoons always ended with the humans switching to Postum and Mister Coffee Nerves running away until the next cartoon.<ref>{{cite web | author=James Lileks | title=The Adventures of Mr. Coffee Nerves | url=http://www.lileks.com/comics/coffeenerves/index.html | publisher=Lileks.com | date= | accessdate=2008-03-01}}</ref>


==Honours==
It was also a sponsor for the radio show ''[[Lum and Abner]]''.
*Honorary Doctorates in Letters from the Universities of [[University of Warwick|Warwick]], [[University of St Andrews|St Andrews]], [[University of Aberdeen|Aberdeen]], and the [[Queen's University of Belfast]].
*Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]].
*Fellow of the [[British Academy]].
*Fellow of the [[Ecclesiastical History Society]].
*Fellow of [[King's College London]].


==Selected bibliography==
==References==
*''[[Agathias]]'' (Clarendon Press 1970), ISBN 0-19-814352-4
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*''[[Procopius]]'' and the Sixth Century'' (Duckworth 1985), ISBN 0-7156-1510-7
*''Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire: The Development of Christian Discourse'' (University of California Press 1991), ISBN 0-520-07160-3
*''The Later Roman Empire, AD 284-430'' (Fontana 1993), ISBN 0-00-686172-5
*''The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, AD 395-600'' (Routledge 1993), ISBN 0-415-01420-4
*''Images of Women in Antiquity'' (rev. ed., Routledge 1993), ISBN 0-415-09095-4 (ed. with Amélie Kuhrt)
*The Cambridge Ancient History:
**Vol. 12: ''The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337'' (Cambridge University Press 2005), ISBN 0-521-30199-8 (2nd ed., ed. with Alan K. Bowman and Peter Garnsey)
**Vol. 13: ''The Late Empire, AD 337-425'' (Cambridge University Press 1998), ISBN 0-521-30200-5 (ed. with Peter Garnsey)
**Vol. 14: ''Late Antiquity: Empires and Successors, AD 425-600'' (Cambridge University Press 2000), ISBN 0-521-32591-9 (ed. with [[Bryan Ward-Perkins]] and Michael Whitby)
*''The Byzantines'' (Blackwell 2006), ISBN 0-631-20262-5


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==External links==
* [http://www.posttexas.com/zCWPost.htm A biography of C.W. (Charles William) Post]


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Dame Averil Millicent Cameron, DBE, FBA (born February 8, 1940), is Warden of Keble College, Oxford, Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History in the University of Oxford, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

She was previously Professor of Ancient History (1978-1989) and Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (1989-1994), at King's College London.

At Oxford, she is Chair of the Advisory Committee on Honorary Degrees and also sits on committees for Conflict of Interest, Select Preachers, and the Wainwright Fund.

Her commitments beyond the University include Chair of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England and of the Institute of Classical Studies Advisory Council, Vice-Chair of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, President of the Ecclesiastical History Society and of the Council for British Archaeology in the Levant, and Vice-President of the Fédération internationale des associations d'études classiques.

Honours

Selected bibliography

  • Agathias (Clarendon Press 1970), ISBN 0-19-814352-4
  • Procopius and the Sixth Century (Duckworth 1985), ISBN 0-7156-1510-7
  • Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire: The Development of Christian Discourse (University of California Press 1991), ISBN 0-520-07160-3
  • The Later Roman Empire, AD 284-430 (Fontana 1993), ISBN 0-00-686172-5
  • The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, AD 395-600 (Routledge 1993), ISBN 0-415-01420-4
  • Images of Women in Antiquity (rev. ed., Routledge 1993), ISBN 0-415-09095-4 (ed. with Amélie Kuhrt)
  • The Cambridge Ancient History:
    • Vol. 12: The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337 (Cambridge University Press 2005), ISBN 0-521-30199-8 (2nd ed., ed. with Alan K. Bowman and Peter Garnsey)
    • Vol. 13: The Late Empire, AD 337-425 (Cambridge University Press 1998), ISBN 0-521-30200-5 (ed. with Peter Garnsey)
    • Vol. 14: Late Antiquity: Empires and Successors, AD 425-600 (Cambridge University Press 2000), ISBN 0-521-32591-9 (ed. with Bryan Ward-Perkins and Michael Whitby)
  • The Byzantines (Blackwell 2006), ISBN 0-631-20262-5


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