Alan Bowman

Alan Bowman
Born 23 May 1944[1]
Manchester, United Kingdom

Alan Keir Bowman FBA is the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford.[2]

Born in 1944 Bowman was educated at Manchester Grammar School, The Queen's College, Oxford and the University of Toronto.[1] After holding academic positions at Rutgers University and Manchester University he was elected as University Lecturer in Ancient History at Oxford University and Official Student of Christ Church, Oxford. He was Senior Censor at Christ Church from 1988 to 1990.[1]

In 1995 Bowman became founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents at Oxford.[1][3] In 2002 he became Camden Professor of Ancient History and Fellow of Brasenose College.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Who's Who. London: A & C Black. 1997. ISBN 0731644958. 
  2. ^ "Election of a new Principal". Brasenose College, Oxford. http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/288/about-brasenose-31/news-152/election-of-a-new-principal-922.html. Retrieved 2011-06-10. 
  3. ^ "Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents". 2009-10-27. http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/CSAD/About.html. Retrieved 2010-10-02. 
  4. ^ "Professor Alan K Bowman". http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/323/about-brasenose-31/academic-staff-150/professor-alan-k-bowman-468.html. Retrieved 2010-10-02. 

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Preceded by
Fergus Millar		 Camden Professor of Ancient History, Oxford University
2002-2010		 Succeeded by
Nicholas Purcell
Preceded by
Roger Cashmore		 Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford
2011-		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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