12 Facts About Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is Professor of Roman Studies and Director of Research in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill was Director of the British School at Rome between 1995 and 2009, and Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from August 2009 to July 2013.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill studied Literae humaniores at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree: as per tradition, his BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts degree.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill went on to attain a Doctor of Philosophy degree at St John's College, University of Oxford.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill was the Director of Studies in Classics of the College during that time.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill then lectured at the University of Leicester from 1983 till 1987.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill was Director of the British School at Rome between 1995 and 2009.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill was elected the 25th Master of Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge, taking up office in August 2009 on the expiry by statute of Professor Dame Sandra Dawson's tenure.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill stood down in 2013, and continued at Cambridge as Director of Research of the Faculty of Classics from 1 October 2012.

In 2004, in an interview on the Australian television programme 60 Minutes, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill aired his opinion about the neglect of the archaeological site of Pompeii.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill was described as an "angry archaeologist" when he argued that the conservation issues that need to be acted upon urgently at Pompeii are being neglected and that the site is suffering from a "second death".

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill has made three well-reviewed documentary programmes for BBC television.