A. A. Long

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rdf:langString Anthony Arthur Long FBA (born 17 August 1937) is a British and naturalised American classical scholar and Emeritus of Classics and Irving Stone Professor of Literature Emeritus, and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. Long was educated at Manchester Grammar School (1948–1955) and University College, London (1957–1960) where he took a first class honours degree in Classics and was subsequently awarded a PhD degree. Between 1961 and 1971 he held lecturer positions in Classics at University of Otago, New Zealand, the University of Nottingham and University College, London, where in 1971 he was promoted to the position of Reader. In 1973 Long moved to the University of Liverpool to take up the post of Gladstone Professor of Greek, a position he held until assuming the position of Professor of Classics at University of California, Berkeley in 1982. He retired at the end of June 2013 but continues to be active as a Professor of the Graduate School, teaching courses in Classics and Philosophy, while pursuing his programme of lectures and conferences and visiting appointments and ongoing research. While at University College, London he supervised the doctoral thesis of David Sedley, the seventh Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University. Special positions he has held include Kardinal Mercier Professor of Philosophy, University of Leuven (1991), Belle Van Zuylen Professor of Philosophy, University of Utrecht (2004), master classes on ancient philosophy, Renmin University, Beijing (2012), and Distinguished Visiting Professor ofPhilosophy, University of Hong Kong (2013). Long is best known for his innovative work on Hellenistic philosophy. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989, Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 1992, and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2009. He was awarded an honorary doctor of philosophy degree by the University of Crete in 2015.