Professor Emeritus Ronald Ridley
Professor Emeritus
- Email:
- r.ridley@unimelb.edu.au
- Fax:
- (+61 3) 8344 7894
Ronald Thomas Ridley was born 27 December 1940 and educated at Canterbury Boys' High School and University of Sydney (BA Hons 1962, MA 1966), DLitt (Melb.1992)
Positions held:
- Inaugural Teaching Fellow in Ancient History, University of Sydney, l962-4
- Resident Tutor, St Andrew's College, University of Sydney 1963-4
- Lecturer in History, University of Melbourne 1965-1973, Senior Lecturer l974-1981, Reader 1982-1996, Personal Chair 1997-2005, Emeritus Professor 2006-
Fellowships:
- Society of Antiquaries (London)
- Royal Historical Society (London)
- Pontifical Academy of Roman Archaeology (Rome)
- Australian Academy of Humanities
Main teaching and research interests:
The history of the ancient world (Egypt-Rome), the history of historiography, the history of Egyptian and Roman archaeology, the history of autobiography.
Publications:
Ronald Ridley Publications (pdf 110kb)