Stephen Oakley

Stephen Phelps Oakley, FBA (born 20 November 1958)[1] is a British classicist and academic. An expert on the work of Livy, he is the ninth Kennedy Professor of Latin at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Emmanuel College.[2][3]

Stephen Oakley
Born	20 November 1958
Academic background
Education	Queens' College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Classics
Sub-discipline	Latin Literature
Institutions	University of Reading Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Main interests	Livy

Career

Oakley was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire. He went on to study at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1980 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1985.[4]

From 1984, he worked at the university's Emmanuel College, first as a research fellow and, from 1986, as an official fellow. In 1998, he accepted as position at the University of Reading which he held until 2007. He then returned to Cambridge to succeed Michael Reeve as the Kennedy Professor of Latin.[4]

Bibliography

• The hill-forts of the Samnites (Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome, 10), British School at Rome, London, 1995.
• A Commentary on Livy: Books VI–X, Volume I, Introduction and Book VI, Oxford University Press, 1997.
• A Commentary on Livy: Books VI–X, Volume II, Books VI-VIII, Oxford University Press, 1998.
• A Commentary on Livy: Books VI–X, Volume III, Book IX, Oxford University Press, 2005.
• A Commentary on Livy: Books VI–X, Volume IV, Book X, Oxford University Press, 2005.

References

1. "Oakley, Prof. Stephen Phelps". Who's Who 2019. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245955. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
2. "Professor Stephen Oakley". Faculty of Classics. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
3. "OAKLEY, Professor Stephen". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22.
4. "Oakley, Prof. Stephen Phelps". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245955. Retrieved 29 December 2019.