Pericles B. Georges, Ph.D., age 86, of Skokie, IL, died Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at Artis Senior Living of Wilmette.
Son of the late Basil S. and Louisa, née Sergiades, Georges, he was born December 20, 1937, in New York, NY.
Ph.D. Degree, University of California Berkeley; Asst. Prof. of Ancient History, Harvard University; retired Assoc. Prof., Lake Forest College; author of Barbarian Asia and the Greek Experience (Johns Hopkins).
Survived by his wife, Margaret Sinclair; son, Andrew (Ania) Sinclair-Georges; daughter, Anna Sinclair-Georges; and granddaughter, Carolina. Preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Helen Georges.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mercy Corps, P.O. Box 37800, Boone, IA, 50037.
Remembrance from Margaret Sinclair:
Dear Sirs,
I regret to inform you of the death of my husband, PERICLES B. GEORGES, on June 12,
2024, aged 86 years. Pericles was an undergraduate at Yale 1955-1957 but had to return to
Chicago after his sophomore year. After some years of journalistic work, he earned his AB at
the University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1970, his MA at UC Berkeley in 1972, followed there
by his PhD in 1981. Along with several lengthy articles, he published the well-received book,
Barbarian Asia and the Greek Experience from the Archaic Period to the Age of Xenophon
(The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994). He taught Ancient History at Harvard for six
years (1983-1989) then spent the rest of his teaching career at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
Please adjust your records.
Gratefully,
Margaret Sinclair