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Nigel Spivey

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Nigel Spivey
Nigel Spivey on 7 March 2013
Born (1958-10-18) 18 October 1958 (age 66)
OccupationUniversity of Cambridge
Academic background
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineClassicist
Sub-disciplineEtruscan iconography, polychromy in Greek sculpture

Nigel Jonathan Spivey (born 18 October 1958) is a British classicist and academic, specialising in classical art and archaeology. He is a senior lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He studied at Cambridge, the British School at Rome, and the University of Pisa.

As an undergraduate, he was a three-time champion in hammer throw at the Oxford–Cambridge athletics match; he remains a member of the Achilles Club, an Oxbridge sports organisation. During the 1990s, he conducted "Lunch with the FT" interviews for the Financial Times newspaper alongside his academic career.[1][a]

TV

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He has presented various television series:

Published works include

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  • Understanding Greek Sculpture (1996)
  • Etruscan Art (1997)
  • Greek Art (1997)
  • Enduring Creation: Art, Pain, and Fortitude (2001)
  • Panorama of the Classical World (with Michael Squire) (2004)
  • The Ancient Olympics: War Minus the Shooting (2004)
  • Songs On Bronze: The Greek Myths Made Real (2005)
  • Greek Sculpture (2013), an "entire renovation" of Understanding Greek Sculpture.[3]


Footnotes

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Explanatory notes

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  1. ^ The morning after one such interview, with the poet Gavin Ewart, Spivey received a call from Ewart's wife: "There are two things you need to know," she said. "The first is that Gavin came home yesterday happier than I have seen him in a long time. The second – and you are not to feel bad about this – is that he died this morning."[2]

References

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  1. ^ Engel, Matthew (28 April 2012). "Let's do lunch!". The Financial Times. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ Engel, Matthew (28 April 2012). "Let's do lunch!". The Financial Times. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ Spivey, N. (2013), "Preface" in Greek Sculpture, Cambridge University Press, 9780521756983
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