Edith Mary Smallwood (8 December 1919 – 4 September 2023) was a British historian and a professor of Romano-Jewish History at the Queen's University, Belfast.

Early life

Smallwood was born in Wandsworth, Surrey (now London) in December 1919. She received her education[1] at the Mary Datchelor Girls’ School, Camberwell, and at Girton College, University of Cambridge, 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[2] 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, Princeton.  She was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1972. She retired to Edinburgh in 1983.[3]

Death

Smallwood died at Cluny Lodge, Edinburgh on 4 September 2023, at the age of 103.[4][3]

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

  1. ↑ [1] Josephus, The Jewish War, front matter; From Pagan Protection to Christian Oppression, p. 3.
  2. ↑ [1] 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.
  3. 1 2 "E. Mary Smallwood". The Times. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Weekly Notices, 10 September 2023". Christ Church Morningside. Retrieved 11 September 2023.


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