Cyril Alexander Mango FBA, FSA (14 April 1928 – 8 February 2021) was a British scholar of the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire.
[1][2] Mango was Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's College London,[3] the University of Oxford Bywater and Sotheby Professor Emeritus of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature and emeritus professorial fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.
[5] They were raised in a multi-lingual household where the common language was French but the children also spoke Russian, Greek, English and Turkish.
[3][9] Cyril Mango’s archaeological and academic work (excavation, publications, edited volumes, translations, lectures) on Byzantine culture was extensive.
[15] As a sign of respect, the flag at Exeter College was flown at half-mast in the week of Professor Mango’s death.