Howard Hayes Scullard
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Howard Hayes Scullard was a British
historian
specializing in ancient history
, notable for editing the Oxford Classical Dictionary
and for his many books.
Scullard's father was Herbert Hayes Scullard, a minister, and his mother Barbara Louisa Dodds.
Born in Bedford, England
, his early education was at Highgate School
, followed by St. John's College
, Cambridge
. He was a tutor and then reader
at New College
, from 1935 to 1959, when he became Professor of Ancient History at King's College London
, retiring in 1970.
Perhaps his most widely known work, if not in academic circles is From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68, a text widely used by students studying Rome in the late republic, as well as Rome under the Julio-Claudians.
United Kingdom
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historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
specializing in ancient history
Ancient history
Ancient history is the study of the written past from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, with Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC...
, notable for editing the Oxford Classical Dictionary
Oxford Classical Dictionary
-Overview:The Oxford Classical Dictionary is considered to be the standard one-volume encyclopaedia in English of topics relating to the Ancient World and its civilizations. It was first published in 1949, edited by Max Cary with the assistance of H. J. Rose, H. P. Harvey, and A. Souter. A...
and for his many books.
Scullard's father was Herbert Hayes Scullard, a minister, and his mother Barbara Louisa Dodds.
Born in Bedford, England
England
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, his early education was at Highgate School
Highgate School
-Notable members of staff and governing body:* John Ireton, brother of Henry Ireton, Cromwellian General* 1st Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice, owner of Kenwood, noted for judgment finding contracts for slavery unenforceable in English law* T. S...
, followed by St. John's College
St John's College, Cambridge
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, Cambridge
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. He was a tutor and then reader
Reader (academic rank)
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at New College
New College London
New College London was founded as a Congregationalist college in 1850.-Predecessor institutions:...
, from 1935 to 1959, when he became Professor of Ancient History at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
, retiring in 1970.
Perhaps his most widely known work, if not in academic circles is From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68, a text widely used by students studying Rome in the late republic, as well as Rome under the Julio-Claudians.
Books
- Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War Thirlwall PrizeThirlwall PrizeSince 1884, the Thirlwall Prize was instituted at Cambridge University, England, in the memory of Bishop Connop Thirlwall, and has been awarded during odd-numbered years, for the best essay about British history or literature for a subject with original research...
Essay (University Press, Cambridge, 1930) - A history of the Roman world from 753 to 146 BC (Methuen, London, 1935; 4th edition, Routledge, 1982 and later printings)
- editor (with H. E. Butler), of LivyLivyTitus Livius — known as Livy in English — was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Chapters from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC...
, Book XXX (Methuen, London, 1939) - Roman politics (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1951)
- editor Atlas of the Classical World (Nelson, London and Edinburgh, 1959)
- From the Gracchi to Nero: a history of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68 (Methuen, London, 1959; 5th edition, Routledge, 1980, and later printings)
- editor, The grandeur that was Rome (Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1961)
- Shorter atlas of the classical world (Thomas Nelson and Sons, Edinburgh, 1962)
- The Etruscan cities and Rome (Thames and Hudson, London, 1967)
- Scipio Africanus: soldier and politician (Thames and Hudson, London, 1970)
- editor (with N. G. L. HammondN. G. L. HammondNicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond CBE, DSO was a British scholar of ancient Greece of great accomplishment and an operative for the British Special Operations Executive in occupied Greece during World War II....
) Oxford Classical DictionaryOxford Classical Dictionary-Overview:The Oxford Classical Dictionary is considered to be the standard one-volume encyclopaedia in English of topics relating to the Ancient World and its civilizations. It was first published in 1949, edited by Max Cary with the assistance of H. J. Rose, H. P. Harvey, and A. Souter. A...
(Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1970) - The elephant in the Greek and Roman world (Thames and Hudson, London, 1974)
- A history of Rome down to the reign of Constantine (MacmillanMacmillan PublishersMacmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
, London, 1975) - Roman Britain: outpost of the Empire (Thames and Hudson, London, 1979)
- Festivals and ceremonies of the Roman Republic (Thames and Hudson, London, c1981)