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Biography
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilization. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible". Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.
Awards & recognition
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2019
- honorary doctorate · 2017
- Medlicott Medal · 2017
- Bodley Medal · 2016
- Princess of Asturias Awards · 2016
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- Wolfson History Prize · 2009
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
- honorary doctor of the Open University of Catalonia
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Filmography9 titles
Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
2024as Self - Presenter
2024as Self - Presenter
Julius Caesar Revealed
2018as Presenter
2018as Presenter
The Grand Tour
2016as Self
2016as Self
W1A
2014as Self
2014as Self
Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
2016as Self - Presenter
2016as Self - Presenter
Caligula with Mary Beard
2013as Self - Host
2013as Self - Host
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Presenter
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
2017as Self
2017as Self
Question Time
1979as Self - Panellist
1979as Self - Panellist