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Roderick Beaton

b. 1951

British university teacher

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About Roderick Beaton

Born 1951. Roderick Beaton is a British university teacher, byzantinist, hellenist, writer and philologist.

Sir Roderick Macleod Beaton, FBA, FKC (born 29 September 1951) is a retired academic. He was Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's College London from 1988 to 2018.

Education Born in 1951, Beaton was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with an English literature degree in 1973.

Career Beaton spent three years as the Ouranis Foundation Fellow in Modern Greek at the University of Birmingham (1977–80) and was also head of the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies from 1988 to 1994 and again from 1995 to 1998, He was also elected a Fellow of King's College London in 2018.

He was knighted in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours "for services to history and to UK/Greece relations".

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Nationality
Education
Peterhouse
Employers
King's College London
Awards
Commander of the order of Honour; Fellow of the British Academy; Knight Bachelor
Also known as
Roderick Macleod Beaton

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Who is Roderick Beaton?

British university teacher

When was Roderick Beaton born?

Roderick Beaton was born on 29 September 1951 in Edinburgh.

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Roderick Beaton is a university teacher, byzantinist, hellenist, writer and philologist.

What nationality is Roderick Beaton?

Roderick Beaton is British.

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