Nigel Spivey | |
|---|---|
 Nigel Spivey on 7 March 2013 | |
| Born | 18 October 1958 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Caterham School |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classical studies |
| Sub-discipline | Etruscan iconography,polychromy in Greek sculpture |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Nigel Jonathan Spivey (born 18 October 1958) is a British classicist and academic,specialising in classical art and archaeology. He is a senior lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. After attending Caterham,he studied at Cambridge,the British School at Rome,and the University of Pisa.
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As an undergraduate,he was a three-time champion in hammer throw at the Oxford–Cambridge athletics match;he remains a member of the Achilles Club,an Oxbridge sports organisation. During the 1990s,he conducted "Lunch with the FT" interviews for the Financial Times newspaper alongside his academic career. [1] [a]
