James Morwood

British academic (1943–2017)

James Henry Weldon Morwood (25 November 1943 – 10 September 2017)[1] was an English Classicist, and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford University. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Morwood in February 2017

Morwood’s status as a teacher of Classics was recognised in the 1990s when he was appointed President of the London Association of Classical Teachers for 1995-6, [2] and subsequently President of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers (JACT) for 1999-2001.[3] Morwood had a long association with JACT and with its Greek Summer School,[4] which was launched in London in 1967

Morwood died in Ouranoupoli, Greece on 10 September 2017 of a heart attack at the age of 73.[5]

References

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  1. Harrow School Register 2002 8th edition edited by S W Bellringer & published by The Harrow Association
  2. "London Association of Classical Teachers". King’s College London. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. "Joint Association of Classical Teachers". JACT. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. Morwood, James (2013). "The JACT Greek Summer School". Fifty Years of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers, JACT, Senate House, Malet Street, London: 16–18.
  5. "James Morwood, 1943 – 2017". Wadham College. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.