Edith Mary Smallwood (born 8 December 1919) was a historian and a professor of Romano-Jewish History at the
Queen's University, Belfast.
Early life
Smallwood was born in
Wandsworth
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Toponymy
Wandsworth takes its nam ...
,
Surrey
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(now
London
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) in December 1919. She received her education at the
Mary Datchelor Girls’ School,
Camberwell
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Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant. This ...
, and at
Girton College
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,
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
, to which she won a scholarship. She graduated with First Class Honours in Classics (1942), and was later a Research Fellow at Girton, gaining her PhD in 1951 under the supervision of Prof.
Jocelyn Toynbee.
Career
Mary Smallwood was appointed lecturer
[ ''The Annual Review of the Queen’s University Association'' 1983, p. 86 (with photo); ''A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930–1980'', p. 349; ''The Antiquaries Journal'' 52.2 (1972) 438.] in classics (in the Latin dept) at the
Queen's University, Belfast, in 1951. She became senior lecturer in 1963, reader in 1967, and was awarded a personal chair as professor of Romano-Jewish History in 1978. For the 1971–72 academic year she was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the
Institute for Advanced Study
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, Princeton. She was elected a Fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries in 1972. She retired in 1983.
Bibliography
*''Philonis Alexandrini Legatio ad Gaium'' (edition with translation and commentary), Brill, 1961.
*''Documents Illustrating the Principates of Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian'', Cambridge University Press, 1966.
*''Documents Illustrating the Principates of Gaius, Claudius and Nero'', Cambridge University Press, 1967.
*''The Jews under Roman Rule from Pompey to Diocletian: A Study in Political Relations'', Brill, 1976.
*''From Pagan Protection to Christian Oppression'' (inaugural lecture), Queen's University, Belfast, 1979.
*''Josephus, The Jewish War'' (first edition by G. A. Williamson revised with new Introduction, notes and appendices), Penguin, 1981.
*''Rome: The Augustan Age'', Units 15 and 16, Studies II ''Judaea'', Open University, 1982
References
1919 births
Possibly living people
20th-century British historians
People educated at Mary Datchelor School
Academics of Queen's University Belfast
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