Nigel Spivey Biography

British academic (born 1958)

Nigel Jonathan Spivey (born 18 October 1958) is a British cl*icist and academic, specialising in cl*ical art and archaeology. He is a senior lecturer in cl*ics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He studied at Cambridge, the British School at Rome, and the University of Pisa.

As an undergraduate, he was a three-time champion (hammer throw) at the Oxford-Cambridge athletics match and he remains an active member of the Achilles Club, an Oxbridge sports organization.

TV

He has presented various television series:

  • For BBC: How Art Made the World, 2005
  • For ITV: Digging for Jesus, 2005
  • For Channel 5: Kings and Queens, and Heroes of World War II.
  • For BBC: “Cunk on Earth”, Season 1 Episode 1, 2022.

Published works include

  • Understanding Greek Sculpture (1996)
  • Etruscan Art (1997)
  • Greek Art (1997)
  • Enduring Creation: Art, Pain, and For*ude (2001)
  • Panorama of the Cl*ical World (With Michael Squire) (2004)
  • The Ancient Olympics: War minus the shooting (2004)
  • Songs On Bronze: The Greek Myths Made Real (2005)
  • Greek Sculpture (2013), an "entire renovation" of Understanding Greek Sculpture.


References

    External links

    • Cambridge Contact Page
    • Public Speaking Contact Page
    Nigel Spivey