Howard Hayes Scullard

Howard Hayes Scullard

Howard Hayes Scullard (February 9, 1903March 31, 1983) 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.

Books

* "Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War" Thirlwall Prize Essay (University Press, Cambridge, 1930)
* "A history of the Roman world from 753 to 146 BC" (Methuen, London, 1935)
* editor (with H. E. Butler), of Livy, 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)
* 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. Hammond) "Oxford Classical Dictionary" (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" (Macmillan, 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)

References

*Necrology by F.W. Walbank in "Proceedings of the British Academy" 69 , 595-610.


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