Fergus Millar was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford between 1984 and 2002.
12 Facts About Fergus Millar
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Fergus Millar began his academic career as a fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, from 1964 to 1976.
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Fergus Millar then moved to University College London where he was Professor of Ancient History between 1976 and 1984.
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Fergus Millar held various offices in the British Academy, to which he was elected a fellow in 1976.
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Fergus Millar was chairman of the Council for Academic Autonomy, a group of academic activists who sought to promote academic freedom and the separation of universities and research institutions from state control.
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Fergus Millar was an authority in the field of ancient Roman and Greek history.
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Fergus Millar's accolades included honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and elected memberships in foreign academies.
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Fergus Millar continued to produce important works, including The Roman Near East, a path-breaking, non-Romano-centric treatment of this area.
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Fergus Millar received the Kenyon Medal for Classics from the British Academy in 2005.
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Fergus Millar was knighted in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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In 1976, Fergus Millar was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
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Fergus Millar was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1978.