13 Facts About Anthony Birley

Anthony Richard Birley was a British ancient historian, archaeologist and academic.

Anthony Birley was the son of Margaret Isabel and historian and archaeologist Eric Birley.

Anthony Birley was the son of the archaeologists Eric Birley and Margaret "Peggy" Birley.

From 1950 to 1955, Anthony Birley studied at Clifton College, a private school in Bristol, England.

Anthony Birley studied classics at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with a first-class Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960.

Anthony Birley remained at the University of Oxford, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1966: his doctoral thesis was titled "The Roman high command from the death of Hadrian to the death of Caracalla, with particular attention to the Danubian wars of M Aurelius and Commodus".

Anthony Birley remained at the University of Oxford with a Craven Fellowship from 1960 to 1962, and was then a research fellow at the University of Birmingham.

Anthony Birley moved to the University of Leeds as a lecturer, and was later promoted to Reader.

Anthony Birley was the Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester and additionally at the University of Dusseldorf.

Anthony Birley was an Honorary Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Durham.

Anthony Birley was elected as Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1969, and was a corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute and a member of Nordrhein-Westfalische Akademie der Wissenschaften from 1994 to 2002.

Anthony Birley was a founder trustee of the Vindolanda Trust since 1970 and remained in this role until 2016, having served as the Chair of Trustees from 1996 to 2016.

Anthony Birley was married to Susanna Garforth-Bles in 1963; they had two children, Ursula born 1964 and Hamish born 1966.