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George Cawkwell

New Zealand classical scholar and historian (1919–2019)

Summary

New Zealand classical scholar and historian (1919–2019)

Field	Value
name	George Cawkwell
image	George Cawkwell portrait.jpg
image_size	280px
caption	Portrait of George Cawkwell
alt	Detail of a portrait of George Cawkwell at University College, Oxford
birth_name	George Law Cawkwell
birth_date
birth_place	Auckland, New Zealand
death_date
death_place	Oxford, England
citizenship	British
education	King's College, Auckland
alma_mater	University of Auckland, Christ Church, Oxford
occupation	Ancient historian
period	1949–2019
workplaces	University College, Oxford
known_for	History of Greece in the 4th century BC
notable_works	Philip of Macedon (1978)
Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War (1997)
The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia (2005)
spouse	Pat Clarke (m. 1945–2008 her death)
children	Simon Cawkwell (1946), Sarah Cawkwell, and Timothy Cawkwell
awards	Runciman Award (1998)
influenced	Robin Darwall-Smith, Rajiva Wijesinha

Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War (1997) The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia (2005)

George Law Cawkwell (25 October 1919 – 18 February 2019) was a classical scholar who specialised in the ancient history of Greece in the 4th century BC.

Life and career

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Cawkwell was educated at King's College, Auckland, and became head boy there. He attended the University of Auckland from 1938, gaining BA and MA degrees. He joined the army in 1942 during World War II and fought with the Fijian Infantry in the Solomons in 1944.

Cawkwell was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, studying at Christ Church. He played in the position of lock for the national rugby union team, gaining his cap in 1947. For most of his life, Cawkwell was a Fellow and Praelector in Ancient History of University College, Oxford. He was a Fellow from 1949 to 1987 and then became an Emeritus Fellow. He authored a number of books on ancient history. His students included the classical scholars Ernst Badian and Raphael Sealey. He won the Runciman Award in 1998 for his book Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War.

Cawkwell was the first "Procurator" of University College, fund-raising for the 750th anniversary of the college in 1999. The George Cawkwell Fellowship in Ancient History has been established at the college. A boat in the University College Boat Club is also named after him. His portrait was painted by the artist Daphne Todd.

George Cawkwell married Pat Clarke in 1945. The businessman and stock market commentator Simon Cawkwell (born 1946) is his son.

Cawkwell died on 18 February 2019 at 99 years of age.

Selected books

Map of Philip of Macedon's campaign in Greece, 339 BC (based on Cawkwell's book ''Philip of Macedon'')

Cawkwell's books include:

Philip of Macedon. Faber and Faber, 1978. .
Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. Routledge, 1997. .
The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia. Oxford University Press, 2005. .

References

"George Cawkwell". [[Penguin Books]], UK.
Hornblower, Simon. (January 1991). "George Cawkwell's contribution to Ancient History and to Oxford". Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies.
Reid, Alasdair. (9 March 2015). "George Cawkwell: Gentleman and scholar still going strong".
(1987). "Fellows: George Cawkwell". [[University College Record]].
Mikhailova, Anna. (10 December 2017). "George Cawkwell: My financial worries are all ancient history". [[The Sunday Times]].
(21 February 2019). "Scotland's Oldest Internationalist George Cawkwell Passes Away". [[Scottish Rugby]].
Pelling, Christopher. "Obituary – George Cawkwell". [[University College, Oxford]].
Darwall-Smith, Robin. (2008). "A History of University College, Oxford". [[Oxford University Press]].
(2019). "George Cawkwell of Univ". S. Godage & Brothers.
"Books " "George Cawkwell"".
"Previous winners – Runciman Award".
Todd, Daphne. "Bill Sykes, Peter Strawson, George Cawkwell and Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann". [[Art UK]].
"RIP George Cawkwell". University College, Oxford.
(20 February 2019). "Professor George Cawkwell obituary". [[The Times]].
(8 April 2019). "George Cawkwell, brilliant scholar of ancient Greek history, self-described 'college fossil' and one-time rugby international – obituary". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
(6 March 2019). "Obituary: George Cawkwell, New Zealander academic and author who was proud of his sole Scottish rugby cap". [[The Scotsman]].
(21 February 2019). "Obituary: George Cawkwell, academic and Scotland's oldest rugby internationalist". [[The Herald (Glasgow).
Hagedorn, Anselm C.. (31 October 2005). "Review: George Cawkwell, The Greek Wars. The Failure of Persia.". [[Bryn Mawr College]].

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