The Classical Association is a British learned society in the field of classics, and a registered charity.
The association was founded on 19 December 1903, and its objects are defined in its constitution as:
- The advancement of education by the promotion, development and maintenance of classical studies
- To increase public awareness of the contribution and importance of classics to education and public life.
The Association publishes three journals: Classical Review, Classical Quarterly and Greece & Rome, and a newspaper Classical Association News (sometimes abbreviated to CA News). Its other activities include work with schools, conferences, and the award of grants. Its past presidents include novelist Lindsey Davis. The association celebrated its centenary in 2003 by publishing a book, The Classical Association: the First Century 1903-2003, edited by Dr Christopher Stray; this includes a history of the association and studies of various aspects of its activities over the century, including an account of the Classical Association of Scotland.
Following the merger of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers into the Classical Association in 2015, the Classical Association took over publication of JACT's journals, the Journal of Classics Teaching (which went online only) and Omnibus.
Sir Richard Henn Collins (1903- )
Lord Halsbury ( -6)
Lord Curzon (1906- )
Herbert Asquith (1908-)
Lord Cromer (1910-11)
Sir Archibald Geikie (1911-12)
Edward Hicks (1912- )
Frederic Kenyon (1914- )
Sir William Richmond (1916-17)
Henry Fisher (1917-18)
Gilbert Murray (1918-19)
Sir William Osler (1919- )
Walter Leaf (1921- )
J. W. Mackail (1923-4)
Marquess of Crewe (1924-5)
John Postgate (1925-6)
Stanley Baldwin (1926- )
Robert Conway (1928-9)
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1929-30)
William Temple (1930- )
Sir George Macdonald (1932- )
W. R. Inge (1934-5)
Cyril Bailey (1935-6)
Leo Amery (1936- )
T. R. Glover (1938- )
Sir Stephen Gaselee (1940-1)
Sir Richard Livingstone (1941-2)
T. S. Eliot (1942-3)
John Sheppard (1943- )
Maurice Bowra (1945- )
Sir Frank Adcock (1948-9)
Lord Soulbury (1949- )
Harold Nicolson (1951-2)
William Calder (1952-3)
Lord Samuel (1953-4)
Gilbert Murray (1954-5)
Dr G. M. Young (1955-6)
Sir Harold Iaris Bell (1956-7)
John Spedan Lewis (1957-8)
Dorothy Tarrant (1958-9)
Sir Cyril Hinshelwood (1959- )
Lord Hailsham (1961-2)
William Beare (1962-3)
Professor E. R. Dodds (1963–4)
Sir Basil Blackwell (1964–5)
Professor Sir Roger Mynors (1965–6)
Dilys Powell (1966–7)
Professor W. K. C. Guthrie (1967–8)
Montague Woodhouse (1968–9)
Professor Frank Walbank (1969–70)
Sir John Hackett (1970–1)
Patrick Wilkinson (1971–2)
Lord Boyle of Handsworth (1972–3)
Professor Moses Finley (1973–4)
Dom David Knowles (1974–5)
Professor Kenneth Dover (1975–6)
Professor David Daube (1976–7)
Dr Michael Grant (1977–8)
Professor Bryn Rees (1978–9)
Lord Wolfenden (1979–80)
Professor R. D. Williams (1980–1)
Sir David Hunt (1981–2)
Professor E. J. Kenney (1982–3)
Professor Raymond Williams (1983–4)
Professor Eric Handley (1984–5)
Sir Nicholas Goodison (1985–6)
Professor Norma Miller (1986–7)
Tony Harrison (1987–8)
Professor Patricia Easterling (1988–9)
Sir Jeremy Morse (1989–90)
Professor George Kerferd (1990–1)
Lord Robert Runcie (1991–2)
Professor Fergus Millar (1992–3)
Colin Haycraft (1993–4)
Professor David West (1994–5)
Anthony Cleaver (1995–6)
Carol Handley (1996–7)
Lindsey Davis, historical novelist (1997–8)
Professor Oliver Taplin (1998–9)
Emma Kirkby (1999–2000)
Professor Peter Wiseman (2000–1)
Philip Howard (2001–2)
Dr Peter Jones (2002–3)
Baroness Susan Greenfield (2003–4)
Professor Malcolm Schofield (2006–7)
Robert Harris (2007–8)
Professor Richard Seaford (2008–9)
Dr Richard Stoneman (2009–10)
Professor Christopher Rowe (2010–11)
Sir Peter Stothard (2011–12)
Professor Robin Osborne (2012–13)
Martha Kearney (2013–14)
Professor P. J. Rhodes (2014–15).
Professor Robert Crawford (2015–16)
Professor Robert Fowler (2016–17)
