Biographie de James Russell
James Russell was born and educated in Scotland but emigrated to Canada in 1959 to take up a teaching position in Classics at the University of Manitoba. He subsequently received his PhD at the University of Chicago with a dissertation on Roman fora and moved in 1966 to the University of British Columbia where he taught until his retirement in 1998. He took over as director of the Canadian excavations at Anemurium in 1971.
Previously he had excavated as a student at two sites in the UK and at Kenchreai in Greece. He served a term as President of the Archaeological Institute of America and as President of the Classical Association of Canada. His publications include a book on the mosaic inscriptions of Anemurium as well as numerous articles about his work at the site.