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Residence
  
Oxford, England

Years active
  
1949 – present

Occupation
  
Ancient historian

Education
  
University of Auckland

Role
  
Author

Citizenship
  
British

Name
  
George Cawkwell



Born
  
25 October 1919
Auckland, New Zealand

Books
  
The Greek Wars, Thucydides and the Peloponn, Cyrene to Chaeronea: Selected, Philip of MacEdon

Alma mater
  
Organization
  
University of Oxford

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George Law Cawkwell (born 25 October 1919, Auckland, New Zealand) is a classical scholar who has specialized in ancient history of Greece in the 4th century BC.

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George Cawkwell was educated at King's College, Auckland in New Zealand and became head boy there. He attended the University of Auckland from 1938, gaining BA and MA degrees. He joined the army in 1942 during World War II and fought with the Fijian Infantry in the Solomons in 1944.

Cawkwell was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, studying at Christ Church. He played in the position of lock for the Scotland national rugby union team, gaining his cap in 1947.

For most of his life, Cawkwell was a Fellow and Praelector in Ancient History of University College, Oxford. He was a Fellow from 1949 to 1987 and then became an Emeritus Fellow. He authored a number of books on ancient history. His students included the classical scholars Ernst Badian and Raphael Sealey. He won the Runciman Award in 1998 for his book Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War.

Cawkwell was the first "Procurator" of University College, fund-raising for the 750th anniversary of the college in 1999. The George Cawkwell Fellowship in Ancient History has been established at the college. A boat in the University College Boat Club is also named after him. His portrait was painted by the artist Daphne Todd.

George Cawkwell married Pat Clarke in 1945. The businessman and stock market commentator Simon Cawkwell (born 1946) is his son.

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Selected books

Cawkwell's books include:

  • Philip of Macedon. Faber and Faber, 1978. ISBN 0571109586.
  • Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. Routledge, 1997. ISBN 0415165520.
  • The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-814871-2.
  • References

    George Cawkwell Wikipedia


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