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British classical scholar (b. 1944)

**James Diggle** [CBE](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire), [FBA](/source/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy) (born 29 March 1944)[1] is a British classical scholar. He was Professor of Greek and Latin at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) between 1995 and 2011.

## Early life and education

Born in 1944, Diggle was educated at Rochdale Grammar School and [St John’s College, Cambridge](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Cambridge); he completed Part II of the [Classical Tripos](/source/Classical_Tripos) in 1965, and went on to complete his [doctoral studies](/source/Doctoral_studies) there; his [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) was awarded in 1969.[1]

## Academic career

Diggle was appointed a [research fellow](/source/Research_fellow) at [Queens' College, Cambridge](/source/Queens'_College%2C_Cambridge), in 1966 and was elected to an official [fellowship](/source/Fellow) the following year. He was the college librarian from 1969 to 1977 and [praelector](/source/Praelector) from 1971 to 1973 and again from 1978 to 2015.[1] He was also an assistant [lecturer](/source/Lecturer) in classics at the University (1970–75) and then lecturer until 1989, when he was appointed to a [readership](/source/Reader_(academic_rank)).[2] He was then [Professor](/source/Professor) of Greek and Latin from 1995 until he retired in 2011.[1] Diggle also served as [Public Orator](/source/Public_Orator) between 1982 and 1993.[3]

Between 1981 and 1994 he edited the three-volume Oxford edition of the tragedies of Euripides, which has since been regarded as the standard edition. He is editor of the *Cambridge Greek Lexicon*, published in 2021.[4][5]

In 1985, Diggle was elected a [Fellow of the British Academy](/source/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy), the United Kingdom's [national academy](/source/National_academy) for the humanities.[6] He was appointed [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE) in the [2022 New Year Honours](/source/2022_New_Year_Honours) for services to classical scholarship.[7]

## See also

- [Comparison of Ancient Greek dictionaries](/source/Comparison_of_Ancient_Greek_dictionaries)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:0_1-3) ["Diggle, Prof. James"](https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-13716), *[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who_(UK))* (online ed., [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), December 2018). Retrieved 10 September 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Cambridge University Officers: D"](http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/acad/lists/biogD.html), *ACAD: A Cambridge Alumni Database*. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Orator"](http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/acad/lists/Orato.html), *ACAD: A Cambridge Alumni Database*. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *[Cambridge Greek Lexicon](https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/glp)*, official project webpage

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Holroyd, A. J. (13 April 2021). ["Publication of the Cambridge Greek Lexicon"](https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/publication-cambridge-greek-lexicon). *www.classics.cam.ac.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Professor James Diggle"](https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/james-diggle-FBA), *[The British Academy](/source/The_British_Academy)*. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["No. 63571"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63571/supplement/N9). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N9.

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