Paul Cartledge

Paul Cartledge
Born	Paul Anthony Cartledge (1947-03-24) 24 March 1947 (age 69)
Nationality	British
Fields	Ancient history
Institutions	Clare College, Cambridge
Alma mater	New College, Oxford
Doctoral advisor	John Boardman
Spouse	Judith Portrait

Paul Anthony Cartledge (born 24 March 1947) is a British ancient historian and academic. From 2008 to 2014 he was the A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge. He had previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge.

Cartledge was educated at St Paul's School and New College, Oxford, where, with his contemporaries Robin Lane Fox and Terence Irwin, he was a student of G. E. M. de Ste. Croix. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA), later promoted to Master of Arts (MA Oxon), in 1969. He remained at the University of Oxford to undertake postgraduate studies. He completed a doctor of Philosophy (PhD) under the supervision of Professor Sir John Boardman. His thesis focused on Spartan archaeology.

Cartledge lectured at the New University of Ulster in 1972–73, at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1973 to 1978, and at the University of Warwick in 1978–79. In October 1979 he moved to Cambridge University where he is a fellow of Clare College.

In 2008 Cartledge was elected to the newly established A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, a position from which he retired at the end of September 2014.