Geoffrey Stephen Kirk DSC, FBA (3 December 1921 – 10 March 2003) was a British classical scholar, known for his books on Ancient Greek literature and mythology.
Kirk was educated at Rossall School and Clare College, Cambridge. His time at Cambridge was interrupted by service in the Royal Navy, much of it in the Aegean Sea, leading to the award of a DSC. He returned and graduated in 1946.
He was awarded a research fellowship at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, later becoming a lecturer and Reader at Cambridge. He became the 35th Regius Professor of Greek there in 1974, retiring in 1982.
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1959 and served as its vice-president in 1972-3.[1]
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| Preceded by Denys Page |
Regius Professor of Greek Cambridge University 1974 - 1982 |
Succeeded by Eric Walter Handley |