Dr. Mary Beard Classicist at Newnham College, Cambridge, England,UK. September 2000.
Dr. Mary Beard Classicist at Newnham College, Cambridge, England,UK. September 2000 Winifred Mary Beard (born 1 January 1955) is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Newnham College. She is the Classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement, and author of the blog "A Don's Life", which appears in The Times as a regular column. Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist". In December 2010, on BBC 2 (UK), Beard presented the graphic historical documentary Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town, submitting remains from the town to forensic tests, aiming to show a snapshot of residents lives prior to the eruption of Vesuvius. Photographed for The Guardian Newspaper.
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