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Past Member

Matthew Gregory Leonard Leigh

Funding provided by the Fund for Historical Studies

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Classics
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While at IAS, Matthew Gregory Leonard Leigh will be working to complete a commentary on Book 1 of the Controversiae of Seneca the Elder. He hopes also to finish articles that reflect his broader interests in the Roman declamatory tradition, Roman law, and the comparative study of slavery.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Fall

Degrees

Oxford University
Ph.D.
1993

Honors

My late spaniel Toby won 4th place in the Best Mixed Breed category at the 2018 Breconshire County Show.

Appointments

Oxford University
1997
Professor of Classical Languages and Literature
Exeter University
1993–1997
Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History