Herwig Maehler

Herwig Maehler, FBA (29 April 1935 – 29 October 2021) was a German historian and papyrologist, who specialized in classics and ancient history.

Biography
He completed his PhD at the University of Hamburg in 1961. In 1975, he completed his Habilitation in classics from the Free University of Berlin.

He subsequently worked as a curator of Greek papyri at Egyptian Museum of Berlin. Afterwards he was Professor of Papyrology at University College London.

Awards
He was a fellow of the British Academy.