Nigel Spivey
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Nigel Spivey on 7 March 2013
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Born | (1958-10-18) 18 October 1958 (age 65) |
Occupation | University of Cambridge |
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Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
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Discipline | Classicist |
Sub-discipline | Etruscan iconography, polychromy in Greek sculpture |
Nigel Jonathan Spivey (born 18 October 1958) is a British classicist and academic, specialising in classical art and archaeology. He is a senior lecturerinclassics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He studied at Cambridge, the British School at Rome, and the University of Pisa.
As an undergraduate, he was a three-time champion in hammer throw at the Oxford–Cambridge athletics match; he remains a member of the Achilles Club, an Oxbridge sports organisation. During the 1990s, he conducted "Lunch with the FT" interviews for the Financial Times newspaper alongside his academic career.[1][a]
He has presented various television series:
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