Richard Lawrence Hunter#
| Membership Number: | 3462 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/directory/richard-hunter |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 Regius Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge
- 2001 Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
- 1997 - 2001 Reader in Greek and Latin Literature, Cambridge
- 1987 - 1997 University Lecturer in Classics, Cambridge
- 1977 - 2001 Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Greek and Roman Comedy
- Hellenistic poetry
- The Greek and Roman novel
- Plato and the Platonic tradition
- Ancient literary criticism
- Augustan poetry and its Greek background
Honours and Awards
- 2001 Corresponding Member, Academy of Athens
- 2004 Honorary Doctorate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- 2005 Honorary Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities
- 2006 Premio Anassilaos, Reggio di Calabria
- 2013 Fellow, British Academy
