Barry Baldwin
Encyclopedia
Barry Baldwin is a classicist, journalist
and author of mystery fiction
. He gained a doctorate at the University of Nottingham
and worked in Australia
and Canada
. For two years he contributed a regular column to the British Communist newspaper The Morning Star
. He is now a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
and Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Calgary
. Barry Baldwin is best known in his academic field for his work on early Greek
humorists and satirists, notably on the Philogelos
, on Lucian
, and on the Byzantine satire Timarion
. He is a regular columnist for Fortean Times
magazine.
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
and author of mystery fiction
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
. He gained a doctorate at the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
and worked in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. For two years he contributed a regular column to the British Communist newspaper The Morning Star
The Morning Star
The Morning Star is a left wing British daily tabloid newspaper with a focus on social and trade union issues. Articles and comment columns are contributed by writers from socialist, social democratic, green and religious perspectives....
. He is now a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
and Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
. Barry Baldwin is best known in his academic field for his work on early Greek
Ancient Greek literature
Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Ancient Greek language until the 4th century.- Classical and Pre-Classical Antiquity :...
humorists and satirists, notably on the Philogelos
Philogelos
Philogelos is the oldest existing collection of jokes.The collection is written in Greek, and the language used indicates that it may have been written in the 4th century AD, according to William Berg, an American classics professor. It is attributed to Hierokles and Philagrios, about whom little...
, on Lucian
Lucian
Lucian of Samosata was a rhetorician and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.His ethnicity is disputed and is attributed as Assyrian according to Frye and Parpola, and Syrian according to Joseph....
, and on the Byzantine satire Timarion
Timarion
The Timarion is a Byzantine pseudo-Lucianic satirical dialogue probably composed in the twelfth century , though possibly later...
. He is a regular columnist for Fortean Times
Fortean Times
Fortean Times is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. Previously published by John Brown Publishing and then I Feel Good Publishing , it is now published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. As of December 2010, its circulation was approximately 18,000...
magazine.
Books
- The Latin & Greek Poems of Samuel Johnson. London: Duckworth, 1995.
- Timarion. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1984.
- Suetonius: Biographer of the Caesars. Amsterdam: A. M. Hakkert, 1983.
- Philogelos or Laughter-Lover: an ancient jokebook translated. Amsterdam: J. C. Gieben, 1983.
- The Roman Emperors. Montreal: Harvest House, 1980.
- Studies in Lucian. Toronto: Hakkert, 1973.
Articles
- "Living Latin at the Vatican" (review of Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis) in Catholic Insight (October 2003)
- "Ancient Science Fiction" at Shattercolors.com
External links
- "The Last Act" (short story by Baldwin) followed by a brief biography
- Biography at The Writers' Union of Canada