John Moles

John Moles was Professor of Latin, a lecturer at Newcastle University and previously served as head of the classics department at Durham University.
Moles was the founder of Histos in 1997, an early example of on-line journal of ancient historiography. His first two published books were on chess, and he was twice the Ulster chess champion while at the Royal [Belfast Academical Institution], going on to become the Irish Champion in 1966 and 1971, with the distinction of being a member of the Chess Olympiad team in 1970 and 1972.
In 2005, Moles was part of the expert panel on Cynicism for BBC [Radio 4]'s In Our Time.