Nigel Spivey | |
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Born | 18 October 1958 |
Occupation | University of Cambridge |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classicist |
Sub-discipline | Etruscan iconography, polychromy in Greek sculpture |
Nigel Jonathan Spivey (born 18 October 1958) is a British classicist and academic, specialising in classical art and archaeology. He is a senior lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He studied at Cambridge, the British School at Rome, and the University of Pisa.
As an undergraduate, he was a three-time champion in hammer throw at the Oxford–Cambridge athletics match; he remains a member of the Achilles Club, an Oxbridge sports organisation. During the 1990s, he conducted "Lunch with the FT" interviews for the Financial Times newspaper alongside his academic career. [1] [a]
He has presented various television series:
Nigel Spivey | |
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Born | 18 October 1958 |
Occupation | University of Cambridge |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classicist |
Sub-discipline | Etruscan iconography, polychromy in Greek sculpture |
Nigel Jonathan Spivey (born 18 October 1958) is a British classicist and academic, specialising in classical art and archaeology. He is a senior lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He studied at Cambridge, the British School at Rome, and the University of Pisa.
As an undergraduate, he was a three-time champion in hammer throw at the Oxford–Cambridge athletics match; he remains a member of the Achilles Club, an Oxbridge sports organisation. During the 1990s, he conducted "Lunch with the FT" interviews for the Financial Times newspaper alongside his academic career. [1] [a]
He has presented various television series: