G. E. M. de Ste. Croix

G. E. M. de Ste. Croix

FBA
G. E. M. de Ste. Croix; FBA
Born	Geoffrey Ernest Maurice de Ste. Croix; 8 February 1910; Macau
Died	5 February 2000 (aged 89); Oxford, England
Academic background
Education	Clifton College
Alma mater	University College, London
Academic work
Discipline	Ancient History
Sub-discipline	Peloponnesian War; Delian League; Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire; historical materialism;
Institutions	London School of Economics; Birkbeck College; New College, Oxford;
Notable works	The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World (1981)

Geoffrey Ernest Maurice de Ste. Croix, FBA (/dəseɪntˈkrɔɪ/; 8 February 1910 – 5 February 2000), known informally as Croicks, was a British historian who specialised in examining Ancient Greece from a Marxist perspective. He was Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at New College, Oxford, from 1953 to 1977, where he taught scholars including Robin Lane Fox, Robert Parker and Nicholas Richardson.

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