Trevor R. Bryce

Trevor Robert Bryce (/braɪs/; born 1940) is an Australian Hittitologist specializing in ancient and classical Near-eastern history. He is semi-retired and lives in Brisbane.

Trevor Bryce
Born	1940 (age 85–86)
Education	Bachelor of Arts in Latin Language and Literature (1962) Master of Arts in Latin Language and Literature (1969) Doctor of Philosophy (1976)
Alma mater	University of Queensland (UQ)
Occupations	Historian, author, lecturer, and professor
Known for	Hittitology and Near Eastern history
Children	2
Awards	Centenary Medal, 2001 Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.), UQ, 2010

His book, The Kingdom of the Hittites, is popular among English-speaking readers since the study of the Hittites has been dominated by German-language scholarship. A new improved and updated edition of this popular book, featuring 90 additional pages, was published in 2005. Bryce is a professor in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics at The University of Queensland.

Family

He has two children and five grandchildren.

Awards and professional elections

• 1989 Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities
• 2001 Centenary Medal
• 2010 Doctor of Letters, University of Queensland

Selected publications

• Bryce, Trevor (1983). The Major Historical Texts of Early Hittite History. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland. p. 178. ISBN 9780867761221. OCLC 27112912.
• Bryce, Trevor (1986). The Parting Mists of Ancient Anatolia. Armidale, New South Wales: University of New England. p. 28. ISBN 9780858346093. OCLC 29017190.
• Bryce, Trevor; Jan Zahle (1986). The Lycians: A Study of Lycian History and Civilisation to the Conquest of Alexander the Great. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788772890234. OCLC 15541012. — Planned as a two-volume project, only Volume 1 has been published: Bryce, Trevor (1986). The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources. Vol. 1. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 273. ISBN 9788772890234. OCLC 19846329.
• Bryce, Trevor (1999). The Kingdom of the Hittites. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199240104. OCLC 264593433.
• Bryce, Trevor (2002). Life and Society in the Hittite World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 312. ISBN 9780199241705. OCLC 49518946.
• Bryce, Trevor (2003). Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East: The Royal Correspondence of the late Bronze Age (PDF). London: Routledge. p. 253. ISBN 9780415258579. OCLC 52159937.
• Bryce, Trevor (2006). The Trojans and their Neighbours. London: Routledge. pp. 225. ISBN 9780203695340. OCLC 68709825. Retrieved 15 January 2013. Trevor Bryce.
• Bryce, Trevor, The ‘Eternal Treaty’ from the Hittite perspective, British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 6, 2006, pp.1-11 PDF
• Bryce, Trevor; Adam Hook (2007). Hittite Warrior. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 9781846030819. OCLC 137222181. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
• Bryce, Trevor; et al. (2009). The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: From the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire. London: Routledge. p. 887. ISBN 9780415394857. OCLC 289096010.
• Bryce, Trevor (2012). The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 356. ISBN 9780199218721. OCLC 757930804.
• Bryce, Trevor; Jessie Birkett-Rees (2016). Atlas of the Ancient Near East: From Prehistoric Times to the Roman Imperial Period. London: Routledge. p. 336. ISBN 9780415508018.
• Bryce, Trevor (2016). Babylonia: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 143. ISBN 9780198726470. OCLC 757930804.
• Bryce, Trevor, The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa: A Hittite Perspective, SMEA NS 4, 2018, pp.191-230 PDF
• Bryce, Trevor (2019). Warriors of Anatolia: A Concise History of the Hittites. London: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 300. ISBN 9781350140783. OCLC 49518946.

See also

• Horizon - Bryce's work was also highlighted in the March 2004 episode "The Truth of Troy".

References

• Australian Academy of the Humanities (2012). "Academy Fellows: Bryce, Trevor, FAHA". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
• Beckman, Gary (18 April 1999). "Trevor Bryce, The Kingdom of the Hittites" (Book review). Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2012). "It's an Honour: Australia Celebrating Australians". Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
• Internet Movie Database (IMDb) (1990–2013). "Trevor Bryce". Amazon.com. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
• Kennell, Stefanie A. H. (November 2006). "Trevor Bryce, The Kingdom of the Hittites. New Edition" (Book review). Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
• University of Queensland (UQ) (2012). "School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics: Professor Trevor Bryce". University of Queensland. Retrieved 6 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

External links

• National Library of Australia. "Bryce, T. R. (Trevor Robert) (1940-)" (Materials listing). National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
• Trevor Bryce at IMDb