Tim Whitmarsh

Professor Tim Whitmarsh FBA
Professor Whitmarsh speaking at a symposium at the Academy of Athens in 2026
Born	Timothy John Guy Whitmarsh (1970-01-23) 23 January 1970 Chelmsford, Essex
Title	Regius Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge
Academic background
Education	Moor Park School Malvern College University of Cambridge
Thesis	Symboulos: philosophy, power and culture in the literature of Roman Greece (1998)
Academic work
Discipline	Classics
Institutions	University of Exeter University of Oxford University of Cambridge
Main interests	Ancient Greek Literature Ancient Greek Religion Roman Empire Late Antique literature and Byzantine literature
Website	www.classics.cam.ac.uk/directory/professor-tim-whitmarsh

Timothy John Guy Whitmarsh FBA (born 23 January 1970) is a British classicist and Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for his work on the Greek literary culture of the Roman Empire, the Second Sophistic and the ancient Greek novel, ancient atheism, and the emergence of Christianity.