Philip A. Stadter
American classical scholar (1936–2021)
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Philip Austin Stadter (November 29, 1936 – February 11, 2021)[1] was a leading American scholar of Greek historiography and an authority on the author Plutarch.[2] Stadter was a long-time faculty member of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3]
Prof. Philip A. Stadter | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 29, 1936 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | February 11, 2021 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Classical scholar |
| Known for | Greek historiography |
| Academic background | |
| Education | A.B. (1958); Ph.D. (1962) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University; Harvard University |
| Thesis | 'The Mulierum Virtutes of Plutarch' (1962) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classicist |
| Institutions | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Education
Stadter earned his bachelor's degree at Princeton University in 1958 and then completed a doctorate in Classics at Harvard University in 1962.[1] His Harvard dissertation -- The Mulierum Virtutes of Plutarch[4]—was published in 1965 as Plutarch's Historical Methods: An Analysis of the Mulierum Virtutes.[5]
Career
In 1989-1990, Stadter held a fellowship at the National Humanities Center where he carried out a project entitled "Greek Historical Narrative and the Purpose of the Past".[6]
