Richard Duncan-Jones Explained

Richard Phare Duncan-Jones, FBA, FSA (14 September 1937 – 15 May 2024) was a British historian of the ancient world who specialised in Roman economy and society.^[1]

Early life and education

Duncan-Jones was the son of philosopher Austin and playwright and literary scholar Elsie Duncan-Jones; his sister was the Shakespeare scholar Katherine Duncan-Jones. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and King's College, Cambridge (BA 1959, MA 1963, PhD 1965).^[2]

Career

In 1963, he was elected a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. He was a college lecturer in classics and a Life Fellow of the college.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Death

Duncan-Jones died on 15 May 2024, at the age of 86.^{[1] [5]}

Works

• The economy of the Roman Empire (1974)
• Structure and scale in the Roman economy (1990)
• Money and government in the Roman Empire (1994)
• Power and privilege in Roman society (2016)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr Richard Duncan-Jones (1937–2024) . . 2024-05-18 . 2024-06-25.
2. A Register of Admissions to King's College, Cambridge, 1945-1970, ed. R. H. Bulmer. L. P. Wilkinson, King's College Association, 1973, p. 161
3. Web site: Dr Richard Duncan-Jones FBA. People. Gonville & Caius College. 19 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200140/http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/people/richard-duncan-jones. 23 September 2015.
4. http://www.debretts.co.uk/people/biographies/browse/d/9918/Richard%20Phare+DUNCAN-JONES.aspx Duncan Jones
5. Web site: Duncan-Jones, Richard Phare . WHO WAS WHO 2024 . 14 September 2024.