John E. Stambaugh

John Evan Stambaugh (August 24, 1939, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – June 6, 1990, in Williamstown, Massachusetts)[1] was an American classical scholar and professor at Williams College.

Stambaugh was educated at Trinity College and then at Princeton University, earning a Ph.D. in 1967.[2] Stambaugh taught at Williams from 1965 until 1990 and was a specialist in the field of Greco-Roman religion as well as early Christianity.[1] In addition to teaching at Williams, Stambaugh was a fellow of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. and a faculty and managing committee member and chair of the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, Italy.

Publications

Books
  • 1972. Serapis under the early Ptolemies. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
  • 1988. The ancient Roman city. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801836923

Articles
  • 1978. "The Functions of Roman Temples." In Religion (Heidentum: Römische Religion, Allgemeines) ANRW II.16.1, edited by Wolfgang Haase, 554–608. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter.

Biography
  • Fuqua, C. 1994. "Stambaugh, John Evan." In Biographical dictionary of North American classicists, edited by W. Briggs, 609–10. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313245602

References
  1. "John e. Stambaugh, Professor, 50". The New York Times. 10 June 1990.
  2. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29952043


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