David Sedley

Who is David Sedley?

David Neil Sedley FBA is the seventh Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University.

Sedley was educated at Trinity College, Oxford where he was awarded a first class honours degree in Literae Humaniores in 1969. He was awarded a PhD in 1974 by University College London for a text, translation and commentary on Book XXVIII of Epicurus' On Nature.

Since 1976 Sedley has been a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge; from 1996 he was Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University before in July 2000 being elevated to the Laurence Professorship of Ancient Philosophy.

He has held visiting appointments at Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, and Cornell University.

He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in July 1994.