Robert Malcolm Errington

Robert Malcolm Errington (born 5 July 1939 in Howdon-on-Tyne), also known as R. Malcolm Errington, is a British historian and classicist. He is professor emeritus of Queen's University Belfast and the University of Marburg.

Life and career Errington is the son of a teacher. He studied Classics at Durham University, achieving a first-class BA in 1961 and his PhD in 1966. He was a member of Hatfield College Boat Club.

He taught at Queen's University Belfast from 1966 to 1973 before being appointed Professor of Ancient History at the University of Marburg in Germany, where he remained until his retirement. He served as project director of the Inscriptiones Graecae from 2001 to 2007. His research focused on the politics of ancient Greece and Macedon, Roman-Greek relations, Roman legal history, and the relations of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire.