J. David Thomas
John David Thomas,
FBA (born 1931), usually known as
J. David Thomas, is a
papyrologist and classical scholar. He was
Professorial Fellow in Papyrology at
Durham University between 1990 and 1992. He completed his undergraduate education at
Worcester College, Oxford, and then carried out
doctoral studies at the
University of Wales. He
lectured at the
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1955 to 1966, when he was appointed to a lectureship in
palaeography at Durham. He remained there and was promoted to a
readership in papyrology in 1977, before his appointed to the professorial fellowship in 1990. Since retiring in 1992, he has been an
emeritus professor at Durham.
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