In memoriam Christopher Rowe (1944-2025)
We are saddened to announce the passing of Christopher Rowe. We share below a text written by Ugo Zilioli, accompanied by a photo selected by Heather Rowe. Christopher Rowe (1944-2025) was an eminent British classicist and one of the most prominent scholars of ancient philosophy at international level in the last forty years. His translations of Plato and Aristotle, together with his in-depth analyses and commentary, are widely read by scholars working in different continents and philosophical traditions. Christopher studied Classics at Cambridge University, where he also obtained a doctorate with a dissertation on Aristotle’s Ethics, a project to which he returned later in life. Just before being awarded his PhD, he was hired in 1966 by the University of Bristol, where he remained for almost thirty years, serving also as the Chair of Greek. In 1995 he was offered the Chair of Greek at Durham University, where he remained [...]