Richard Jenkyns (born 1949) is Professor of the Classical Tradition at Oxford University and an historian and literary critic who has written widely on Classical and other matters.
Jenkyns was a King's Scholar at Eton College, where he won the Newcastle Scholarship in 1966 (the Newcastle Medal, for the second-placed candidate, being awarded in that year to Simon Hornblower), before reading Greats at Balliol College, Oxford.
Following his undergraduate career, Jenkyns was awarded a Prize Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford in 1972.
[1] Jenkyns presently serves as Emeritus Professor of the Classical Tradition,[2] He also remains an emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford,[3]