James Diggle

James Diggle, CBE, FBA (born 1944) is a British classical scholar.

Born in 1944, Diggle was educated at St John’s College, Cambridge; he completed Part II of the Classical Tripos in 1965, and went on to complete his doctoral studies there; his PhD was awarded in 1969.

[1] Diggle was appointed a research fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1966 and was elected to an official fellowship the following year.

[3] He is editor of the Cambridge Greek Lexicon, published in 2021.

[6] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to classical scholarship.