Victor Bers

Victor Bers (born August 30, 1944) is an American philologist and classicist. He serves as Professor Emeritus of Classics at Yale University, where he taught since 1972 before retiring in 2018. Prior to retiring, he served as a Director of the American Philological Association (now the Society for Classical Studies). Bers is the son of mathematician Lipman Bers.

Early life and education
Bers was born on August 30, 1944, in Providence, Rhode Island; he is the son of the mathematician Lipman Bers, who created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions.

Bers was educated at Albert Leonard Junior High School and New Rochelle High School. He matriculated at the University of Chicago, where he would graduate with a bachelor's degree with distinction. Afterwards, he attained a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to study at New College, Oxford, where he would obtain a second degree. In 1972, he completed studies for his Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard University. His dissertation was entitled "Enallage and Greek Style." That same year, he joined the faculty of Yale University.

Career
In 1975, Bers was appointed a fellow at Yale. He would spend the majority of his career at the university, becoming a full-time professor in 1989. In 1999, he was named a Director of the American Philological Association.