Emma Dench Emma Dench Emma Dench is an English ancient historian, classicist, and academic. She has been McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University since 2014, and Dean of its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences since 2018. She was previously Professor of Ancient History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and then Professor of Classics and of History at Harvard. Dench was born in York, Yorkshire, England, and grew up near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Her father was Jeffery Dench, a Shakespearean actor, and her mother, Betty, was a speech therapist. Her paternal aunt is Judi Dench, an award-winning film
Judi Bowker Judi Bowker Judi Bowker (born 6 April 1954) is an English film and television actress. Bowker was born in Shawford, Hampshire, England. On stage from childhood, she first attracted international attention as the star of "The Adventures of Black Beauty", a 1972 TV series which was a "continuation" of the book. She also starred as Clare of Assisi in Franco Zeffirelli's "Brother Sun, Sister Moon", also from 1972. Her other well-known film appearances are as Princess Andromeda in the 1981 Ray Harryhausen film, "Clash of the Titans" and as Lady Olivia Lilburn in Alan Bridges' "The Shooting Party" (1985). She