John McK. Camp II 

Short Biography           

John McK. Camp II received his A.B. in Classics from Harvard University in 1968, and his M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology (1977) from Princeton University. He worked in the American School's Athenian Agora excavations since 1966, first as Field Supervisor, later as Assistant Director, and since 1994 as Director. Dr. Camp is one of the best known archaeologists in the world and is regarded as the foremost expert on the topography of Athens and Attica. He was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens from 1985 to 1996, and since then has been on the faculty of Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia where he is the Niarchos Professor of Classics.

 Professor John Camp is one of the most outstanding representatives of the American School, and epitomizes all that it stands for. He is a passionate Philhellene who has devoted his career to the pursuit of illuminating Greece's ancient heritage. He lectures throughout the world on the Athenian Agora and especially on the Agora as the birthplace of democracy.