Bauckham was born in London and studied history at
Clare College, Cambridge (1966–72). He was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge (1972–75), before teaching theology for one year at the
University of Leeds and for fifteen years at the
University of Manchester from 1977 to 1992. At Manchester, he was the Lecturer in the History of Christian Thought. Bauckham moved to the
University of St Andrews in 1992 to be a professor of New Testament Studies and the
named professorship of Bishop Wardlaw Professor. He retired in 2007 in order to concentrate on research and writing. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Bauckham is a senior scholar at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, and a visiting professor at St Mellitus College in London. ==Research and teaching areas==