Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Dirk Obbink
open-in-new
<p>Dirk D. Obbink (born 13 January 1957 in <a href="/facts/Lincoln%2c_Nebraska/7PpHa1C4">Lincoln, Nebraska</a>) is an American <a href="/facts/Papyrology/oAsACjJt">papyrologist</a> and <a href="/facts/Classicist/CXF1ltbH">classicist</a>. He was Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature in the <a href="/facts/Faculty_of_Classics%2c_University_of_Oxford/RdyK1qVv">Faculty of Classics</a> at <a href="/facts/University_of_Oxford/ExVVQL6V">Oxford University</a> until 6 February 2021, and was the head of the <a href="/facts/Oxyrhynchus_Papyri/rrHRAYuq">Oxyrhynchus Papyri</a> Project until August 2016. Obbink was also a fellow and tutor in <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Greek</a> at <a href="/facts/Christ_Church%2c_Oxford/2NYXMk3T">Christ Church Oxford</a>, from which role he was suspended in October 2019, as a result of allegations that he had stolen some of the Oxyrhynchus papyri and sold them to the <a href="/facts/Museum_of_the_Bible/lI6X0kJa">Museum of the Bible</a>. </p>