Rowe, C(hristopher) J(ames)

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ROWE, C(hristopher) J(ames)

ROWE, C(hristopher) J(ames). British, b. 1944. Genres: Classics, Philosophy. Career: University of Bristol, England, assistant lecturer, 1968- 72, lecturer, 1972-82, senior lecturer, 1982-85, reader in classics, 1985-89, professor of ancient philosophy and Greek, 1989-91, Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek, 1991-95, head of department, 1989-93; University of Durham, England, professor of Greek, 1996-. University of Edinburgh, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, visiting fellow, 1972; Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC, junior fellow 1974-75; University of Wisconsin-Madison, visiting scholar, 1993, Solmsen fellow, 1994-95. Manager and governor of local community schools, 1979-89. Council of University Classical Departments, treasurer, 1988-91, chair, 1997- 99; International Plato Society, president, 1992-95; Council of Classical Association, chair, 1995-2002; Hellenic Society, president, 1999-2002; Lever- hulme Personal Research Professor, 1999-2004. Publications: The Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics: A Study in the Development of Aristotle's Thought, 1971; An Introduction to Greek Ethics, 1976; Essential Hesiod, 1978; Philosophers in Context: Plato, 1984; Plato: Phaedrus, 1986; Plato: Phaedo, 1993; Reading the Statesman, 1995; Plato: Statesman, 1995; Plato: Symposium, 1999; (with M. Schofield) Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought, 2000; (trans.) Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 2002; (with J. Annas) New Perspective on Plato, Modern and Ancient, 2002; (with T. Penner) Plato's Lysis, 2004. Address: Dept of Classics and Ancient History, University of Durham, 38 N Bailey, Durham DH1 3EV, England. On- line address: [email protected]