Professor Mary Smallwood, 1919-2023

OBITUARY: Classics professor known for work on Romano-Jewish history (Kay Smith, The Herald, Scotland). HT Rogue Classicism.

Mary Smallwood

Born: December 6, 1919;

Died: September 4, 2023

Edith Mary Smallwood, who has died aged 103, was an outstanding scholar of the history and language of ancient Rome and Greece spreading her erudition through teaching and writing. Her work on the history of Jews under the rule of the Romans was groundbreaking.

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