Boris Rankov
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Nikolas Boris Rankov (born 9 August 1954) is a British emeritus professor of Roman history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a former rower and current umpire.
Rankov was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire,[1] the only son of Radoslav and Helga Rankov. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School (1963–1973), then subsequently Corpus Christi College, Oxford (MA 1980, DPhil 1987).
He married Kati Granger in 1981. He has two daughters.
Academic career
Rankov's research interests include Roman history, especially Roman Britain, the Roman army, epigraphy and archaeology of the Roman empire, and ancient shipping.
Rankov was a Junior Research Fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford from 1980 to 1983.[2] Rankov has taught at the Classics and Ancient History Department of The University of Western Australia from 1986 to 1989, at the Classics Department at Royal Holloway University of London since 1990, and was Head of department from 1999 to 2002.
