John Moles (22 September 1949 – 4 October 2015) was Professor of Latin, a lecturer at Newcastle University and previously served as head of the classics department at Durham University. Moles was the founder of ''Histos'' in 1997, an early example of on-line journal of ancient historiography. His first two published books were on chess, and he was twice the Ulster chess champion while at the

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, going on to become the Irish Champion in 1966 and 1971, with the distinction of being a member of the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...

team in 1970 and 1972. In 2005, Moles was part of the expert panel on ''

Cynicism Cynic or Cynicism may refer to: Modes of thought * Cynicism (philosophy), a school of ancient Greek philosophy * Cynicism (contemporary), modern use of the word for distrust of others' motives Books * ''The Cynic'', James Gordon Stuart Grant 1 ...

'' for

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's In Our Time.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003k9js - In Our Time podcast.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moles, John Academics of Newcastle University Academics of Durham University British historians British chess players Irish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 2015 deaths 1949 births