Colin Hardie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Colin Hardie

British classicist

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1906

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1998

Profession: university teacher, classical philologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Colin Graham Hardie (16 February 1906 – 17 October 1998) was a British classicist and academic.
From 1933 to 1936, he was Director of the British School at Rome.
From 1936 to 1973, he was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and a tutor in classics.
In addition, from 1967 to 1973, he was the Public Orator of the University of Oxford.
He was a member of the Inklings, an informal literary discussion group which included the likes of J.
R.
R.
Tolkien and C.
S.
Lewis.