Sir John Tresidder Sheppard, MBE ( – ) was an eminent classicist and the first non-Etonian to become the provost of King's College, Cambridge. Early life John Sheppard was educated at Dulwich College. He went up to King's College, Cambridge, where he studied Classics and won the Porson Prize. Career He was a lecturer in classics at King's College of Cambridge University from 1908 to 1933 and was provost from 1933 to 1954. During the Second World War he performed intelligence work, for which he was appointed MBE; he was knighted in 1950 for his services to Greek. During his long career he translated many famous Greek classics, and published several books on the subject, including The Pattern of the Iliad, Greek Tragedy, and Aeschylus & Sophocles: Their Work and Influence. Personal life John Sheppard was openly homosexual. He was knighted in the 1950 King's Birthday Honours List. References External links 1881 births 1968 deaths 20th-century English male writers Alumni of King's College, Cambridge English classical scholars Knights Bachelor Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Dulwich College Provosts of King's College, Cambridge Presidents of the Cambridge Union British gay writers Gay academics