Intro | Nigerian academic |
Was | Academic |
From | Nigeria |
Type | Education |
Gender | male |
Birth | 24 June 1932 |
Death | 28 August 1997 (aged 65 years) |
Lloyd Arthur Thompson (24 June 1932 Barbados – 28 August 1997) was a Nigerian classicist, and scholar.
Life
He graduated from St John’s College, Cambridge, with an MA. He taught at University of Ibadan Nigeria, for 40 years.
He married Alma Rosalind Platten on 1 September 1956; they had a daughter and two sons.
Awards
- 1990 American Book Award
Works
- Romans and blacks. Taylor & Francis. 1989. ISBN 978-0-415-03185-1.