Michael Hewson Crawford (born 7 December 1939) is a British ancient historian and

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. Having taught at

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and the

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, he was Professor of Ancient History at

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from 1986 until he retired in 2005.

Early life

Crawford was born in

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on 7 December 1939. He was educated at St Paul's School,

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(BA, MA), and the

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Academic career

In 1964, Crawford was elected a

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. From 1969 until 1986 he was

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, and University Lecturer in

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in the

. He was Professor of Ancient History at

from 1986 until 2005, becoming

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on his retirement. He continued to undertake some teaching in the Department of History and works on Projet Volterra. In 1964/65, Crawford was Eliza Procter Visiting Fellow at

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. He has also been a visiting professor at

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(1983 and 1992),

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(1984),

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(1986), University of San Marino (1989),

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(1990), University of L'Aquila (1990),

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(1997), and

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(1999).

Honours

He was elected a

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in 1980, a Foreign Member of the Istituto Lombardo in 1990 and a Foreign Corresponding Member of the

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in 2006. In 2001 he was appointed an Officier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques de la République Française. He was awarded the

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in 1984 and is also a member of the Italian Numismatic Society.

Publications

* * * * * * * * T.J. Cornell, M.H. Crawford, and J.A. North, ''Art and production in the world of the Caesars'' (Milan: Olivetti, 1987) * Michael H. Crawford, ed., ''L'Impero romano e le strutture economiche e sociali delle provincie'' (Como: Edizioni New Press, 1986) * Michael H. Crawford, ''Coinage and money under the Roman Republic: Italy and the Mediterranean economy'' (London: Methuen, 1985) * M.H. Crawford, ''A catalogue of Roman Republican coins in the collections of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh'' (Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum, 1984) * Michael Crawford and David Whitehead, ''Archaic and Classical Greece: a selection of ancient sources in translation'' (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983) * Michael Crawford, ed., ''Sources for ancient history'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983) * Michael H. Crawford, ''La moneta in Grecia e a Roma'' (Bari: Laterza, 1982) * Michael Crawford, 'Economia imperiale e commercio estero', ''Tecnologia, economia e società nel mondo romano: Atti del Convegno di Como, 27–29 sett. 1979'' (1980), 207–218 * Michael H. Crawford, 'Ancient Devaluations: a general theory', ''Collection de l'École française de Rome'' 37 (1978) ''Les "dévaluations" à Rome. Epoque républicaine et impériale'' (Rome, 13–15 Nov 1975), 147–158 * Michael H. Crawford, ''Roman Republican coinage'' (London: Cambridge University Press, 1974) * Mark Hassall, Michael Crawford, and Joyce Reynolds, 'Rome and the eastern provinces at the end of the second century B.C.', ''Journal of Roman Studies'' 64 (1974), 195–220 * K.T. Erim, J. Reynolds, and M. Crawford, 'Diocletian's currency reform: a new inscription', ''Journal of Roman Studies'' 61 (1971), 171–177 * Michael Crawford, ''Coin hoards and the pattern of violence in the late Republic'' (London: R. Clay & Sons, 1969) * M.H. Crawford, ''The financial organisation of Republican Spain'', ''Numismatic Chronicle'' 9 (1969), 79–93 * Michael H. Crawford, ''Roman Republican coin hoards'' (London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1969) * Michael H. Crawford, 'The edict of M. Marius Gratidianus', ''Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society'' (1968), 1–4 * M.H. Crawford, 'War and finance', ''Journal of Roman Studies'' 54 (1964), 29–32

References

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