Prof. Philip A. Stadter | |
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Born | (1936-11-29)November 29, 1936 Cleveland, Ohio |
Died | February 11, 2021(2021-02-11) (aged 84) |
Occupation | Classical scholar |
Known for | Greek historiography |
Academic background | |
Education | A.B. (1958); Ph.D. (1962) |
Alma mater | Princeton University;Harvard University |
Thesis | 'The Mulierum Virtutes of Plutarch' (1962) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classicist |
Institutions | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Philip Austin Stadter (November 29, 1936 – February 11, 2021)[1] was a leading American scholar of Greek historiography and an authority on the authorPlutarch.[2] Stadter was a long-time faculty member ofThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Stadter earned his bachelor's degree atPrinceton University in 1958 and then completed a doctorate in Classics atHarvard University in 1962.[1] His Harvard dissertation --The Mulierum Virtutes of Plutarch[3]—was published in 1965 asPlutarch's Historical Methods: An Analysis of the Mulierum Virtutes.[4]
In 1989-1990, Stadter held a fellowship at theNational Humanities Center where he carried out a project entitled "Greek Historical Narrative and the Purpose of the Past".[5]
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