Richard Rutherford

Richard Brown Rutherford (born 2 September 1956) is a British classical scholar, known for his work on ancient Greek literature from the archaic to the imperial period.

Biography Rutherford was born on 2 September 1956 in Edinburgh. He was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, and then studied as an undergraduate and graduate student at Worcester College, Oxford. He obtained his doctorate in 1985, with a thesis titled "Style and content in the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius", written under the supervision of Donald Russell.

After holding a research lectureship from 1981, Rutherford was appointed in 1982 as Tutor in Classics at Christ Church, Oxford, following the death of Colin Macleod. At Christ Church, Rutherford held the college offices of Curator of Pictures (1995–2000, 2004–2006), Censor (2007–2011) and Censor Theologiae (2019). He also served as chair of the sub-faculty of classical languages and literature within the Faculty of Classics.

Selected publications

Monographs

Editions of ancient texts