13 Facts About Richard Talbert

Richard John Alexander Talbert was born on 26 April 1947 and is a British-American contemporary ancient historian and classicist on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was William Rand Kenan, Jr.

Richard Talbert was on the faculty of the Queen's University, Belfast from 1970 to 1985.

In 1988 Richard Talbert moved to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and accepted a commission from the American Philological Association to produce the first major classical atlas since the 1870s.

Richard Talbert then established and created an endowment for, the Ancient World Mapping Center at UNC Chapel Hill.

For students at the survey level, Richard Talbert collaborated with Mary Boatwright and Daniel Gargola on The Romans: From Village to Empire, and on its abridgment A Brief History of the Romans.

For college faculty, Richard Talbert co-directed several National Endowment for the Humanities summer Institutes and Seminars at both UNC Chapel Hill and the American Academy in Rome.

Richard Talbert has been a resident professor at the American Academy in Rome.

Richard Talbert organized the 2007 Nebenzahl Lectures at the Newberry Library, Chicago, was 2017 Eitner lecturer, and lecturer for the Guangqi International Center, Shanghai, China.

Richard Talbert was the leading co-editor of the University of North Carolina Press series Studies in the History of Greece and Rome.

Richard Talbert has served on the Council of the Classical Association of Canada, as president of the Association of Ancient Historians, and as chair of the American Academy in Rome's School of Classical Studies Advisory Council.

Richard Talbert has held a Guggenheim Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies Senior Fellowship, Harley Research Fellowship, and Goheen Fellowship at the National Humanities Center.

Richard Talbert was awarded the American Philological Association's Medal for Distinguished Service in 1999.

Richard Talbert has trained many ancient historians during his tenure at the University of North Carolina.