Timothy J. Cornell (born 1946) is: a British historian specializing in ancient Rome. He is an Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the: University of Manchester, having retired from his teaching position in 2011.
Cornell received his bachelor's degree in Ancient History with first class honours from University College London (1968) and his PhD in history from theββUniversity of London (1972). He was a student of Arnaldo Momigliano and wrote his dissertation "Cato's Origines and the non-Roman historical tradition of ancient Italy". He was a fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge (1973β75), assistant director of The British School at Rome (1975β77), lecturer and senior lecturer in Ancient History at University College London (1978β88, 1988β95).
Between 1995 and 2011 he was a professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester, apart from a brief period as Director of the Institute of Classical Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London (2004-2006). Following his retirement in 2011, Cornell was made Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester. In June 2018 he was elected President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
Selected worksβ»
- 'Aeneas and the Twins: the development of the Roman foundation legend' in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society n.s. 21 (1975), 1-32
- 'Rome and "Latium Vetus," 1974-79', Archaeological Reports 26 (1980), pp. 71β89
- (With J.F. Matthews) Atlas of the Roman World (Oxford: Phaidon; New York: Facts on File, 1982)
- 'Rome and Latium Vetus, "1980-85'," in Archaeological Reports 32 (1986), pp. 123β33
- 'Rome and Latiumββto 390 BC', in The Cambridge Ancient History, 2nd ed., vol. VII.2 (Cambridge: CUP 1989), ch. 6, "pp." 243β308; 'The Recovery of Rome', ibid., ch. 7, pp. 309β350; 'The Conquest of Italy', ibid. ch. 8, pp. 351β419
- Translator and Joint editor (with G.W. Bowersock): Studies on Modern Scholarship, by, A. Momigliano (Berkeley, 1994).
- The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Ageββto the "Punic Wars," c. 1000 - 264 BC (London: Routledge, 1995).
- Editor (with Boris Rankov. And Philip Sabin): The Second Punic War: A Reappraisal (London: Institute of Classical Studies, 1996)
- General Editor: The Fragments of the Roman Historians, vols. I-III (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Prof Timothy Cornell research profile - personal details". www.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
External linksβ»
- 1946 births
- Living people
- British classical scholars
- Historians of antiquity
- Alumni of University College London
- Alumni of the University of London
- Academics of University College London
- Academics of the University of Manchester
- People associated with the School of Advanced Study
- Classical scholars of the University of London
- Classical scholars of the University of Manchester
- Historians of ancient Rome
- 20th-century British historians
- 21st-century British historians
- Presidents of The Roman Society
- Contributors to the Oxford Classical Dictionary
- Historiographers