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Robert C. Knapp

1946 – 2023

Professor of classics at the University of California, Berkeley

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Lived 1946 – 2023 (aged 77). Robert C. Knapp was an American classical scholar, university teacher, historian and historian of classical antiquity.

Robert C. Knapp (February 12, 1946–September 17, 2023) was an author, historian, and professor of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Early life Raised in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Knapp earned his B.A degree from Central Michigan University in 1968, majoring in history and Spanish. In 1973 he completed his PhD in ancient history at the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation, under Robert E. A. Palmer, was on the Roman experience in the Spanish peninsula, 218-100 B.C.

Selected publications Aspects of the Roman Experience in Iberia, 206-100 B.C. 1980 Roman Córdoba. 2011. Latin Inscriptions from Central Spain. 1992. Finis Rei Publicae: Eyewitnesses to the End of the Roman Republic. 1999. (with Pamela Vaughn) Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. 2000. (editor for Iberia) Nemea III: The Coins. 2004. (with John Mac Isaac) Invisible Romans Profile, 2011. Clare 1865-1940. 2012. Mystery Man. Gangsters, Oil, and Murder in Michigan. 2013. The Dawn of Christianity People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles. Harvard University Press, 2017.

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University of Pennsylvania, Central Michigan University
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University of Utah, University of California, Berkeley, Colby College

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Who was Robert C. Knapp?

professor of classics at the University of California, Berkeley

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Robert C. Knapp was born on 12 February 1946 in Lansing.

When did Robert C. Knapp die?

Robert C. Knapp died on 17 September 2023 in Oakland.

What was Robert C. Knapp's occupation?

Robert C. Knapp was a classical scholar, university teacher, historian and historian of classical antiquity.

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Robert C. Knapp was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Robert C. Knapp

· Wikidata: Q30607619

· DBpedia: Robert Knapp (classicist)

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