G. E. M. de Ste. Croix

British academic

Died when: 89 years 360 days (1079 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Geoffrey Ernest Maurice de Ste.Croix, (; 8 February 1910 – 5 February 2000), known informally as Croicks, was a British historian who specialised in examining the classical era from a Marxist perspective.

He was Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at New College, Oxford from 1953 to 1977, where he taught scholars including Robin Lane Fox, Robert Parker and Nicholas Richardson.

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