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Christopher Stray was born on 29 October, 1943, is a British historian of classical scholarship. Discover Christopher Stray's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?
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Christopher Allan Stray (born 29 October 1943) is a British historian of classical scholarship and teaching.
He worked as a classics teacher, including at Latymer Upper School, West London, and was a member of the JACT Ancient History Committee in the late 1960s, under the chairmanship of Sir Moses Finley.
Born at Norwich, son of Peter Stray and Margaret (née Beard), Stray read Classics at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, taking a BA in 1966 and MA in 1985.
He has also been active in collaborative research projects, and in the organisation of conferences and colloquia, including: Convener of the Textbook Colloquium (1988–99); co-organiser (with Stephen Harrison and Chris Kraus) of conference on “Classical Commentaries” (Oxford, 2012); member of advisory board, “Classics and Class in Britain”, King's College London, 2013–16 (from 2016 “People’s History of Classics”); co-organiser (with Stephen Harrison) of conference on “Liddell & Scott” (Oxford, 2013).
Despite never holding a salaried academic post, Stray has held numerous prestigious fellowships and honorary positions, including: Honorary Research Fellowship, Dept of History and Classics, Swansea University (from 1989); Visiting Fellowship, Wolfson College Cambridge (1996–98); John D and Rose H Jackson Fellowship, Beinecke Library, Yale University (2005); Senior Research Fellowship, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London (2010–18); Member of the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2012).
His academic writings began with his PhD thesis (1994, University College, Swansea) on the history of classical education in England, which was published as Classics Transformed: Schools, Universities and Society in England, 1830-1960 (Oxford University Press, 1998 ISBN 9780198150138).
The book was awarded a Runciman Prize in 1999.
Stray has also worked on the history of universities, on examinations, and on institutional slang.
A colloquium in his honour was held in Oxford in October 2018, organised by Stephen Harrison.
In 2021 De Gruyter published the Festschrift, Classical Scholarship and Its History From the Renaissance to the Present. Essays in Honour of Christopher Stray, edited by Stephen Harrison and Christopher Pelling.
Stray married anthropologist Margaret Kenna, of Swansea University; they have a son.
