Richard F. Thomas (born September 26, 1950) is the George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics at Harvard University.
His scholarship has focused on various critical approaches, metrics and prose stylistics (particularly Tacitus), genre studies, translation theory and practice, and the reception of Classical literature and culture, particularly with respect to Virgil.
[1][2][3] Thomas was born in London, England, and brought up in New Zealand.
He was also visiting professor of Latin, University of Venice (Spring, 1991).
He is co-chair of the seminar on "The Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome," in Harvard's Mahindra Humanities Center.