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Myles Fredric Burnyeat CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born 1 January 1939) is an English
England

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 classicist and philosopher.

Educated at Bryanston School
Bryanston School

Bryanston School is a co-educational independent boarding school in Blandford, north Dorset, England, near the village of Bryanston. It was founded in 1928....
 and King’s College, Cambridge, Burnyeat was a student of Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams

Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams British Academy has been described as the most important United Kingdom moral philosopher of his time.Williams spent the bulk of his career at four academic institutions: Oxford, Cambridge, University College London, and the University of California, Berkeley....
 at University College London
University College London

University College London is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom....
.

He became an assistant lecturer
Lecturer

Lecturer is a term of academic rank. In the United Kingdom lecturer is the name given to university teachers in their first permanent university position....
 in philosophy at University College London in 1964, and a lecturer in 1965. In 1978, he was appointed a lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
, and became a fellow of the new Robinson College, Cambridge
Robinson College, Cambridge

Robinson College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.It was founded after the British philanthropist David Robinson offered the university ?17 million to establish a new college in Cambridge; this is still one of the largest donations ever accepted by the university....
, where he remained until 1996.

In 1984, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and appointed as the fifth Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy
Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy

The Laurence Professorship of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University was established in 1930 as one of the offices endowed by the bequest of Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence; it is the oldest Chair of ancient philosophy in the world....
 at Cambridge, a position he held until 1996.

From 1996, he was Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College, Oxford
All Souls College, Oxford

All Souls College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England.Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become Fellows, i.e., full members of the College's governing body....
, before returning in 2006 to Robinson College.

He was president of the Aristotelian Society
Aristotelian Society

The Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study of Philosophy was founded at a meeting on 19 April 1880 which resolved "to constitute a society of about twenty and to include ladies; the society to meet fortnightly, on Mondays at 8 o'clock, at the rooms of the Spelling Reform Association?"...
 from 2005 to 2006.

In 2007, he was made CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
.








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Myles Fredric Burnyeat CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born 1 January 1939) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 classicist and philosopher.

Educated at Bryanston School
Bryanston School

Bryanston School is a co-educational independent boarding school in Blandford, north Dorset, England, near the village of Bryanston. It was founded in 1928....
 and King’s College, Cambridge, Burnyeat was a student of Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams

Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams British Academy has been described as the most important United Kingdom moral philosopher of his time.Williams spent the bulk of his career at four academic institutions: Oxford, Cambridge, University College London, and the University of California, Berkeley....
 at University College London
University College London

University College London is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom....
.

He became an assistant lecturer
Lecturer

Lecturer is a term of academic rank. In the United Kingdom lecturer is the name given to university teachers in their first permanent university position....
 in philosophy at University College London in 1964, and a lecturer in 1965. In 1978, he was appointed a lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
, and became a fellow of the new Robinson College, Cambridge
Robinson College, Cambridge

Robinson College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.It was founded after the British philanthropist David Robinson offered the university ?17 million to establish a new college in Cambridge; this is still one of the largest donations ever accepted by the university....
, where he remained until 1996.

In 1984, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and appointed as the fifth Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy
Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy

The Laurence Professorship of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University was established in 1930 as one of the offices endowed by the bequest of Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence; it is the oldest Chair of ancient philosophy in the world....
 at Cambridge, a position he held until 1996.

From 1996, he was Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College, Oxford
All Souls College, Oxford

All Souls College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England.Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become Fellows, i.e., full members of the College's governing body....
, before returning in 2006 to Robinson College.

He was president of the Aristotelian Society
Aristotelian Society

The Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study of Philosophy was founded at a meeting on 19 April 1880 which resolved "to constitute a society of about twenty and to include ladies; the society to meet fortnightly, on Mondays at 8 o'clock, at the rooms of the Spelling Reform Association?"...
 from 2005 to 2006.

In 2007, he was made CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
.

Publications

  • Philosophy As It Is (co-ed.) 1979
  • Doubt and Dogmatism (co-ed.) 1980
  • Science and Speculation (co-ed.) 1982
  • The Sceptical Tradition (ed.) 1983
  • The Theaetetus of Plato 1990
  • The Original Sceptics (co-ed.) 1997
  • A Map of Metaphysics Zeta 2001


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