Michael Frede

Michael Frede (31 May 1940 – 11 August 2007) was a German scholar of ancient philosophy. Born in Berlin, he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Göttingen in 1966. He held academic positions at the University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, and the University of Oxford, where he held the chair in the history of philosophy. Frede also served as the 84th visiting Sather Professor of Classical Literature at Berkeley in 1997-8. He was a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, the British Academy, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Frede's scholarly work focused on ancient philosophy, and he authored and co-edited several significant works in the field. He died in a drowning accident in Greece in 2007. His work on free will was published posthumously.