Sir John Boardman, eminent British classical archaeologist and art historian, dies at 96

Sir John Boardman, the eminent British classical archaeologist and art historian, often hailed as "Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art," has passed away at the age of 96.

Boardman received his education at Chigwell School in Essex before pursuing Classics at Magdalene College, Cambridge, commencing in 1945. Following two years of national service in the Intelligence Corps, he embarked on a three-year tenure in Greece, serving as the assistant director of the British School at Athens from 1952 to 1955.

Returning to England in 1955, Boardman assumed the role of assistant keeper at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, marking the beginning of his enduring association with the institution. In 1959, he was appointed Reader in Classical Archaeology at the University of Oxford, subsequently becoming a fellow of Merton College in 1963. He later held the...