Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond (November 14, 1907 – March 24, 2001) was a British historian — teaching at Cambridge and Bristol — who specialized in ancient Greece and Macedonia in particular. He was known for his works about Alexander the Great and for suggesting the relationship of Vergina with Aegae, the ancient Macedonian royal city, before the archaeological discoveries. During the Second World War, Hammond participated in the Greek Resistance as a member of the British Military Mission.
Books
- Alexander the Great. King, Commander, and Statesman
- Oxford Classical Dictionary (second edition)
- The Genius of Alexander the Great
- The end of Mycenaean Civilization and Dark Age: the literary tradition
- Philip of Macedon
