Howard Hayes Scullard (9 February 1903 – 31 March 1983) was a British historian specialising in
ancient history
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, notable for editing the ''
Oxford Classical Dictionary
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'' and for his many published works.
Life and career
Scullard's father was Herbert Hayes Scullard,
a minister, and his mother Barbara Louisa Dodds.
Born in
Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district.
Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...
, England, his early education was at
Highgate School
Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is a co-educational, fee-charging, private day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate Pre-Preparato ...
, followed by
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch L ...
. He was a tutor and then
reader at
New College London
New College London (1850–1980) (sometimes known as New College, St John's Wood
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, from 1935 to 1959, when he became Professor of Ancient History at
King's College London
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, retiring in 1970. He nonetheless remained active in retirement and notably wrote chapters for the re-edition of ''
The Cambridge Ancient History
''The Cambridge Ancient History'' is a multi-volume work of ancient history from Prehistory to Late Antiquity, published by Cambridge University Press. The first series, consisting of 12 volumes, was planned in 1919 by Irish historian J. B. Bur ...
'', but his contributions to volumes VII and VIII were published posthumously.
[A. E. Astin & F. W. Walbank, ''Cambridge Ancient History, vol. VII, Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 B.C.'', Cambridge University Press, 1989, p. xvi.]
Perhaps his most widely known work 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
Author:
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Thirlwall Prize essay.
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Editor:
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H.E. Butler
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N.G.L. Hammond.
* , 1975, the 1st edition having come out in 1935.
References
Citations
Bibliography
* Necrology by
F.W. Walbank in ''Proceedings of the British Academy'' 69, 595–610.
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1903 births
1983 deaths
Academics of King's College London
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
English classical scholars
Fellows of the British Academy
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Historians of antiquity
People educated at Highgate School
Historians of ancient Rome