Background
Born at Reading, Page was the son of Frederick Harold Dunn Page, a chartered civil engineer of the Great Western Railway, and his wife Elsie Daniels.
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Denys Page
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Education
He was educated at Saint Bartholomew"s School, and (as a scholar) at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was taught by Gilbert Murray, and J. Doctorate. Denniston.
Career
He was President of the British Academy from 1971-1974. In 1930 he was awarded a First in Literae Humaniores. He was a fast bowler in the Christ Church cricket team
Page went for a year to the University of Vienna as Derby scholar, where he worked under Ludwig Radermacher, then returned to Christ Church as a lecturer, the next year becoming Student and Tutor.
In 1937 he became Junior Censor. In 1939 Page was posted to Government College&CS, Bletchley Park.
In 1944 he was Assistant Director, Government College&CS. Page was elected the 34th Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University in 1950, a position he held until 1974, and held a professorial fellowship at Trinity College. He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1959-1973.
He was knighted in 1971.
In 1939, Page married Katharine Elizabeth, a daughter of Joseph Michael Dohan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The couple had four daughters.
Achievements
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In 1928, he won the Craven and De Paravicini scholarships, the Chancellor"s Prize for Latin verse and the Gaisford Prize for Greek verse and a first class in classical honours moderations. Elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1952, he received its Kenyon Medal in 1969, and served as the Academy"s president from 1971-1974.
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Membership
In 1942 he became head of section ISOS and a member of the XX Committee.
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Nationality
United Kingdom