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Born | 1956
Manchester, England |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | •
Classical scholar • Film critic |
Nick Lowe ( /loʊ/; born 1956) is a British classical scholar and film critic.
He is a reader in classics in the Department of Classics and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, a constituent college of the University of London, with interests including narratology and reception of Greek antiquity in historical fiction. [1]
Lowe is also a film reviewer for the science-fiction magazine Interzone, writing the column Mutant Popcorn since the mid-1980s; [2] he won a British Science Fiction Association Award for the column in 2009. [3] The 25th anniversary of his column was celebrated by a special issue of Interzone in 2010, including reprints of his first reviews and an interview with Lowe. [4]
He was born in Manchester, England, and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, before going on to read classics at Jesus College, Cambridge, [5] where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. [6] His doctoral advisor was Geoffrey Kirk. [7]
He taught classics at three different colleges in the University of London before being appointed lecturer in Greek literature at Royal Holloway. [7]
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Nick Lowe | |
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Born | 1956
Manchester, England |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | •
Classical scholar • Film critic |
Nick Lowe ( /loʊ/; born 1956) is a British classical scholar and film critic.
He is a reader in classics in the Department of Classics and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, a constituent college of the University of London, with interests including narratology and reception of Greek antiquity in historical fiction. [1]
Lowe is also a film reviewer for the science-fiction magazine Interzone, writing the column Mutant Popcorn since the mid-1980s; [2] he won a British Science Fiction Association Award for the column in 2009. [3] The 25th anniversary of his column was celebrated by a special issue of Interzone in 2010, including reprints of his first reviews and an interview with Lowe. [4]
He was born in Manchester, England, and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, before going on to read classics at Jesus College, Cambridge, [5] where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. [6] His doctoral advisor was Geoffrey Kirk. [7]
He taught classics at three different colleges in the University of London before being appointed lecturer in Greek literature at Royal Holloway. [7]
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