The Classical Association is a British

learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership ...

in the field of classics, aimed at developing classical study and promoting its importance in education.

Constitution

The association was founded on 19 December 1903, and its objects are defined in its constitution as: # The advancement of education by the promotion, development and maintenance of classical studies # To increase public awareness of the contribution and importance of classics to education and public life. It was founded with the name "The Classical Association of England and Wales" but the name was changed to "The Classical Association" in 1907. The Association is a registered charity.

Publications

The Association publishes three journals: ''The Classical Review'', ''The Classical Quarterly'' and ''Greece & Rome'', and a newspaper ''Classical Association News'' (sometimes abbreviated to CA News). Its other activities include work with schools, conferences, and the award of grants. The association celebrated its centenary in 2003 by publishing a book, ''The Classical Association: the First Century 1903–2003'', edited by Dr Christopher Stray; this includes a history of the association and studies of various aspects of its activities over the century, including an account of the

Classical Association of Scotland The Classical Association of Scotland is a learned society founded in 1902. It brings together researchers in classical studies throughout Scotland and holds regular meetings. Professor Douglas Cairns of the University of Edinburgh is its chair ...

. Following the merger of the

Joint Association of Classical Teachers The Joint Association of Classical Teachers (JACT) was a UK organisation for the encouragement of the teaching of Classics in schools and universities. It was merged into the Classical Association with effect from 2 January 2015. The JACT Summer ...

into the Classical Association in 2015, the Classical Association took over publication of JACT's journals, the ''Journal of Classics Teaching'' (which went online only) and ''Omnibus''.

List of presidents

*Sir Richard Henn Collins (1903– ) * Lord Halsbury (1905-6) *

Lord Curzon George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), styled Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and then Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman ...

(1906–7) *S. H. Butcher (1907-8) * H. H. Asquith (1908–9) *

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, (; 26 February 1841 – 29 January 1917) was a British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British controller-general in Egypt during 1879, part of the international control whic ...

(1909–10) *Sir

Archibald Geikie Sir Archibald Geikie (28 December 183510 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer. Early life Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of Isabella Thom and her husband James Stuart Geikie, a musician and music critic. Th ...

(1910–11) *

Edward Hicks Edward Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter and distinguished religious minister of the Society of Friends (aka "Quakers"). He became a Quaker icon because of his paintings. Biography Early life Edwar ...

(1911–12) *Henry Montague Butler (1912–13) * Frederic Kenyon (1913–14) *William Ridgeway (1914–15) *Sir William Richmond (1915–16) *

James Bryce, Viscount Bryce James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, (10 May 1838 – 22 January 1922), was a British academic, jurist, historian, and Liberal politician. According to Keoth Robbins, he was a widely-traveled authority on law, government, and history whose exper ...

(1916–17) *

Gilbert Murray George Gilbert Aimé Murray (2 January 1866 – 20 May 1957) was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres. He was an outstanding scholar of the language and culture of Ancient Greec ...

(1917–18) *Henry Fisher (1918–19) *Sir

William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of phy ...

(1919– ) * Walter Leaf (1921– ) * Alfred, 1st Viscount Milner (1921–22) * John William Mackail (1923–4) * Robert Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe (1923–24) *

John Percival Postgate John Percival Postgate, FBA (24 October 1853 – 15 July 1926) was an English classicist and professor of Latin at the University of Liverpool from 1909 to 1920. He was a member of the Postgate family. Born in Birmingham, the son of ...

(1925–6) *

Stanley Baldwin Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (3 August 186714 December 1947) was a British Conservative Party politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingd ...

(1925-26–) * Gordon, Viscount Hewart (1926–27) * Robert Seymour Conway (1927–28) *

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Order of the Bath, CB Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS FRSE (2 May 1860 – 21 June 1948) was a Scottish biologist, mathematician and classics, classics scholar. He was a pioneer of mathematical and theoretical bi ...

(1928–29) * William Temple, Archbishop of York (1929–30) * Albert Curtis Clark (1930–31) * William David Ross (1932) *Sir

George Macdonald George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. ...

(1932– ) * William Inge (1933–34) * Cyril Bailey (1934–35) *

Leo Amery Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, (22 November 1873 – 16 September 1955), also known as L. S. Amery, was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician and journalist. During his career, he was known for his interest ...

(1935–36) * Terrot Reaveley Glover (1937–38) *Sir

Stephen Gaselee (diplomat) Sir Stephen Gaselee (9 November 1882 – 1943) was a British diplomat, writer, and librarian. Biography Gaselee was born at Brunswick Gardens, Kensington, London, the eldest son of Henry Gaselee, a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and h ...

(1940–1) *Sir

Richard Livingstone Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (23 January 1880 – 26 December 1960) was a British classical scholar, educationist, and academic administrator. He promoted the classical liberal arts. Life Livingstone was born on 23 January 1880 in Liverpo ...

(1941–2) *

T. S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 18884 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor.Bush, Ronald. "T. S. Eliot's Life and Career", in John A Garraty and Mark C. Carnes (eds), ''American National Biogr ...

(1942–3) *John Sheppard (1943– ) * Maurice Bowra (1945– ) *Sir

Frank Adcock Sir Frank Ezra Adcock, (15 April 1886 – 22 February 1968) was a British classical historian who was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge between 1925 and 1951. In addition to his academic work, he also served as a c ...

(1948–9) * Lord Soulbury (1949– ) *

Harold Nicolson Sir Harold George Nicolson (21 November 1886 – 1 May 1968) was a British politician, diplomat, historian, biographer, diarist, novelist, lecturer, journalist, broadcaster, and gardener. His wife was the writer Vita Sackville-West. Early li ...

(1951–2) *William Calder (1952–3) * Lord Samuel (1953–4) *

(1954–5) *Dr

G. M. Young George Malcolm Young (29 April 1882 – 18 November 1959) was an English historian, best known for his book on Victorian times in Britain, ''Portrait of an Age'' (1936). After a short time as an academic and a career as a civil servant lasting ...

(1955–6) *Sir Harold Iaris Bell (1956–7) * John Spedan Lewis (1957–8) * Dorothy Tarrant (1958–9) *Sir Cyril Hinshelwood (1959– ) * Lord Hailsham (1961–2) *William Beare (1962–3) *Professor E. R. Dodds (1963–4) *Sir

Basil Blackwell Sir Basil Henry Blackwell (29 May 18899 April 1984) was born in Oxford, England. He was the son of Benjamin Henry Blackwell (18491924), founder of Blackwell's bookshop in Oxford, which went on to become the Blackwell family's publishing and books ...

(1964–5) *Professor Sir Roger Mynors (1965–6) *

Dilys Powell Elizabeth Dilys Powell, CBE (20 July 1901 – 3 June 1995) was a British film critic and travel writer who contributed to ''The Sunday Times'' for more than 50 years. Powell was known for her receptiveness to cultural change in the cinema an ...

(1966–7) *Professor

W. K. C. Guthrie William Keith Chambers Guthrie (1 August 1906 – 17 May 1981), usually cited as W. K. C. Guthrie, was a Scottish classical scholar, best known for his ''History of Greek Philosophy'', published in six volumes between 1962 and his dea ...

(1967–8) * Montague Woodhouse (1968–9) *Professor

F. W. Walbank Frank William Walbank (; 10 December 1909 – 23 October 2008) was a scholar of ancient history, particularly the history of Polybius. He was born in Bingley, Yorkshire, and died in Cambridge. Walbank attended Bradford Grammar School an ...

(1969–70) *Sir John Hackett (1970–1) *Patrick Wilkinson (1971–2) * Lord Boyle of Handsworth (1972–3) *Professor

Moses Finley Sir Moses Israel Finley, FBA (born Finkelstein; 20 May 1912 – 23 June 1986) was an American-born British academic and classical scholar. His prosecution by the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security during the 1950s, resulte ...

(1973–4) * Dom David Knowles (1974–5) *Professor Kenneth Dover (1975–6) *Professor

David Daube David Daube (8 February 1909, in Freiburg, Germany – 24 February 1999, in Berkeley, California) was the twentieth century's preeminent scholar of ancient law. He combined a familiarity with many legal systems, particularly Roman law and biblica ...

(1976–7) *Dr Michael Grant (author) (1977–8) *Professor Brinley Rees (1978–9) * Lord Wolfenden (1979–80) *Professor R. D. Williams (1980–1) *Sir David Hunt (1981–2) *Professor E. J. Kenney (1982–3) *Professor Raymond Williams (1983–4) *Professor Eric Handley (1984–5) *Sir Nicholas Goodison (1985–6) * Professor Norma Miller (1986–7) *Tony Harrison (1987–8) *Professor

Patricia Easterling Patricia Elizabeth Easterling, FBA (née Fairfax; born 11 March 1934) is an English classical scholar, recognised as a particular expert on the work of Sophocles. She was Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge from 1994 to 2001 ...

(1988–9) *Sir Jeremy Morse (1989–90) *Professor George Kerferd (1990–1) *Lord

Robert Runcie Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, (2 October 1921 – 11 July 2000) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans. He travelled the world widely ...

(1991–2) *Professor

Fergus Millar Sir Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar, (; 5 July 1935 – 15 July 2019) was a British ancient historian and academic. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford between 1984 and 2002. He numbers among the most influ ...

(1992–3) *Colin Haycraft (1993–4) *Professor David West (1994–5) *Anthony Cleaver (1995–6) *

Carol Handley Carol Margaret Handley (née Taylor; born 17 October 1929) is a former headmistress of Camden School for Girls (1971–1985) and president of the Classical Association (1996–1997). Handley is now a classics tutor at Wolfson College, Cambridge. ...

(1996–7) * Lindsey Davis, historical novelist (1997–8) *Professor Oliver Taplin (1998–9) *

Emma Kirkby Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, (; born 26 February 1949) is an English soprano and early music specialist. She has sung on over 100 recordings. Education and early career Kirkby was educated at Hanford School, Sherborne School for Girls in Do ...

(1999–2000) *Professor Peter Wiseman (2000–1) * Philip Howard (2001–2) *Dr

Peter Jones (classicist) Peter Vaughan Jones MBE (born 1942) is a Cambridge graduate with a doctorate on Homer. He is a former senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and co-founded with Jeannie Cohen the ''Friends of Classics'' charity. H ...

(2002–3) *

Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, (born 1 October 1950) is an English scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords (since 2001). Her research has focused on the treatment of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's dise ...

(2003–4) *Professor

Malcolm Schofield Malcolm Schofield, (born 19 April 1942) is a British classicist and academic, specialising in ancient philosophy. Having taught at Cornell University and the University of Oxford, he joined the University of Cambridge in 1972 as a lecturer i ...

(2006–7) * Robert Harris (2007–8) *Professor Richard Seaford (2008–9) *Dr Richard Stoneman (2009–10) *Professor

Christopher Rowe Christopher Rowe may refer to: * Christopher Rowe (record producer) Christopher Rowe, is an American record producer, audio engineer and guitarist specializing in country rock. He is best known for his work with Taylor Swift. Career Rowe beg ...

(2010–11) *Sir Peter Stothard (2011–12) *Professor

Robin Osborne Robin Grimsey Osborne, (born 11 March 1957) is an English historian of classical antiquity, who is particularly interested in Ancient Greece. Early life He grew up in Little Bromley, attending Little Bromley County Primary School and then Colche ...

(2012–13) * Martha Kearney (2013–14) *Professor

P. J. Rhodes Peter John Rhodes, (10 August 1940 – 27 October 2021), usually cited as P. J. Rhodes, was a British academic and ancient historian. He was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Durham. He specialized in Ancient Greek politics and ...

(2014–15). *Professor Robert Crawford (2015–16) *Professor

Robert Fowler Robert Fowler may refer to: * Robert Fowler (archbishop of Dublin) (1724–1801), bishop in the Church of Ireland * Robert Fowler (artist) (1853–1926), English artist * Robert Fowler (athlete) (1882–1957), American marathoner * Robert Fowler (Au ...

(2016–17) * Mary Beard (2017–18) * Mari Williams (2020–)

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Constitution

Publications

List of presidents

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