E. Mary Smallwood
Edith Mary Smallwood is a retired professor of Romano-Jewish History at the Queen's University, Belfast.Education
Mary Smallwood received her education at the Mary Datchelor Girls’ School, Camberwell, and at Girton College, University of Cambridge, to which she won a scholarship. She graduated with First Class Honours in Classics, and was later a Research Fellow at Girton, gaining her PhD in 1951 under the supervision of Prof. Jocelyn Toynbee.Career
Mary Smallwood was appointed lecturer in classics at the Queen’s University, Belfast, in 1951. She became senior lecturer in 1963, reader in 1967, and was awarded a personal chair as professor of Romano-Jewish History in 1978. For the 1971-72 academic year she was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. She was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1972. She retired in 1983.
