Gregory Hutchinson (classicist)

Gregory Owen Hutchinson (born 5 December 1957), known as G. O. Hutchinson, is a British classicist and academic, specialising in Latin literature, Ancient Greek literature, and Latin and Ancient Greek languages. Since October 2015, he has been the Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford, and a Student (i.e. Fellow) of Christ Church, Oxford.

Professor G. O. Hutchinson FBA
Born	Gregory Owen Hutchinson (1957-12-05) 5 December 1957
Nationality	British
Title	Regius Professor of Greek
Spouse	Yvonne Downing ​ (m. 1979)​
Children	One
Academic background
Education	City of London School
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Thesis	"Aeschylus' Septem Contra Thebas: Text and commentary" (1983)
Academic work
Discipline	Classics
Sub-discipline	Latin literature Ancient Greek literature Latin language Ancient Greek language
Institutions	Christ Church, Oxford Exeter College, Oxford Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford

Early life and education

Hutchinson was born on 5 December 1957 in Hackney, London, England. He was educated at the City of London School, an all-boys private school in the City of London; he had been granted one of the free places funded by the Inner London Education Authority. He studied classics at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1979. He remained at Balliol to undertake postgraduate research and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1983. His doctoral thesis was titled "Aeschylus' Septem Contra Thebas: Text and commentary".

Academic career

From 1981 to 1984, while a postgraduate student, Hutchinson was also a research lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1984, he was elected a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He was then a Tutor in classics at Exeter between 1984 and 2015. From 1996 to 1998, he was also Reader in Classical Literature in the Faculty of Classics. From 1998 to 2015, he was also Professor of Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford.

In June 2015, Hutchinson was named as the next Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford following the retirement of Christopher Pelling, FBA, earlier in the year. He took up the appointment on 1 October 2015 and moved colleges to become a Student (equivalent to a fellow) of Christ Church, Oxford.

Personal life

In 1979, Hutchinson married Yvonne Downing. Together they have one daughter.

Selected works

• Hutchinson, G. O. (1988). Hellenistic poetry. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0198140405.
• Hutchinson, G. O. (1992). Latin literature from Seneca to Juvenal: a critical study. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0198146902.
• Hutchinson, G. O. (1998). Cicero's correspondence: a literary study. Oxford: Clarendon. ISBN 978-0198150664.
• Hutchinson, G. O. (2003). Greek lyric poetry: a commentary on selected larger pieces ; Alcman, Stesichorus, Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, Simonides, Bacchylides, Pindar, Sophocles, Euripides. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199240173.
• Hutchinson, G. O. (2008). Talking books: readings in Hellenistic and Roman books of poetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199279418.
• Hutchinson, G. O. (2013). Greek to Latin: frameworks and contexts for intertextuality. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199670703.
• Hutchinson, G. O. (2018). Plutarch's Rhythmic Prose. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198821717