Alan K. Bowman
Alan Keir Bowman FBA (born May 23, 1944 in Manchester ) is a British ancient historian .
Alan K. Bowman attended Manchester Grammar School (1955–1962) and Queen's College (1962–1966) in Oxford. At Queen's College he obtained a Bachelor in Literae Humaniores (a degree with classical content, ancient history and philosophy). At the University of Toronto (1966–1969) received his Masters and Ph.D. Bowman was Assistant Professor of Classics at Rutgers University (1970–1972). From 1972 to 1977 he was Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Manchester , and from 1977 to 2002 University Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Oxford . From 2002 to 2009 Bowman Camden was Professor of Ancient History at Oxford and a Fellow of Brasenose College . In 1994 he became a Fellow of the British Academy . He has also been a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London since 1999 . It was in October 2011, succeeding Roger Cashmore Director (Principal) of Brasenose College and this function took until 2015 true.
His main research interests are the social and economic history of the Roman Empire, Roman Egypt and the Vindolanda Castle . He worked on the important finds of Roman writing tablets from the castle for the British Museum . Bowman is one of the editors of the prestigious handbook The Cambridge Ancient History .
Fonts
Monographs
- with J. David Thomas: The Vindolanda Writing-tablets (Tabulae Vindolandenses III). British Museum Press, London 2003, ISBN 978-0714122496 .
- Life and letters on the Roman frontier: Vindolanda and its people. British Museum Press, London 1994, ISBN 0-7141-1389-1 .
- Egypt after the Pharaohs. 332 BC - AD 642, from Alexander to the Arab-conquest. British Museum Publ., London 1986, ISBN 0-7141-0942-8 .
Editorships
- with Andrew Wilson: The Roman agricultural economy. Organization, investment, and production. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013, ISBN 978-0-19-878852-2 .
- with Peter Garnsey , Averil Cameron : The Cambridge Ancient History. Second edition. Vol. 12: The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2005, ISBN 978-0-521-30199-2 ( review ).
- with Peter Garnsey, Dominic Rathbone : The Cambridge Ancient History. Second edition. Vol. 11: The High Empire, AD 70-192. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-26335-2 ( review ).
- with Edward Champlin , Andrew W. Lintott : The Cambridge Ancient History. Second edition. Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996, ISBN 0-521-26430-8 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bowman, Alan K. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bowman, Alan Keir (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British ancient historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |