F. E. Adcock

Sir Frank Ezra Adcock, OBE, FBA was the son of Thomas Draper Adcock, the head of Desford Industrial School, and Mary Esther Adcock (née Coltman). He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School, a grammar school in Leicester.

He went on to study classics at King's College, Cambridge. In 1911, Adcock was elected as a fellow and lecturer of King's College, Cambridge. He held the chair of Ancient History at the University Cambridge from 1925 to 1951 when he retired.

Adcock was president of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies from 1929 to 1931. He was president of the Classical Association from 1947 to 1948. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1936.

In addition to his academic work, he also served as a cryptographer in both World War I and World War II. At the 1918 King's Birthday Honours, Adcock was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for hi work during the war.