Mortimer Chambers
Mortimer H. Chambers (born January 9, 1927 in Saginaw , Michigan ) is an American ancient historian .
Chambers earned a BA from Harvard in 1949 and an MA from Wadham College , Oxford in 1955 . In 1954 he had received his doctorate from Harvard. After several years as a lecturer at Harvard and Chicago , he was appointed professor of ancient history at the University of California in Los Angeles in 1958 . Today Chambers is retired.
His main research interests include the Greek history of the classical period (5th / 4th century BC), which he has examined particularly on the basis of the historiography of that time. He has also emerged as a translator of the Athenaion Politeia (state constitution of the Athenians) from Aristotle (into German) and as a science historian.
Web links
- Literature by and about Mortimer Chambers in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mortimer H. Chambers at UCLA
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| SURNAME | Chambers, Mortimer |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chambers, Mortimer H .; Chambers, Mortimer Hardin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ancient historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saginaw , Michigan |