Description: (British Scholar of Ancient Rome)
Dame Mary Beard is a respected English classicist known for her expertise in Ancient Rome. She holds a personal professorship of classics at the University of Cambridge, is a trustee of the British Museum, and a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. Beard is also the Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature and serves as the classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement. With a regular blog called "A Don's Life," she is a prolific writer known for her thought-provoking statements. Beard is widely recognized as Britain's most renowned classicist, appreciated for her accessible approach and depth of knowledge.