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Reynolds, Joyce Maire (British classicist, epigraphist and academic)

 Person

Biography/Historical Note

One of the most renowned classical scholar and expert in the field of epigraphy, she was Director of Studies in Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, 1951-1979; Lecturer in Classics, 1957-1983 and Reader in the Epigraphy of the Roman World, University of Cambridge, 1983-1984.

Education:

Graduated at Somerville College, Oxford, 1944. Fellow of the British Academy, 1982.

Nationality:

English.

Role within the BSR:

Rome Scholar in Classical Studies, 1946-1948. Member of the Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters, 1958-1962; 1963-1967.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, 1947 - 1951

 File

Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, 1947 - 1951

Reference number: AR-07.01.INS
Scope and Contents Documents from this file relate to the Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania publication project, a collaborative effort that John Bryan Ward-Perkins started in 1947 to reinstate the partnership with Italian scholars in the aftermath of WWII. The work concerns editorial work on the classical inscriptions of Tripolitania, many of which were unpublished, including their findspot and archaeological context. This file concerns correspondence with notable experts in the epigraphic fields and their...
Dates: 1947 - 1951

Reynolds, Joyce Maire, 1953 - 1990, Academic years: 1958 - 1959; 1959 - 1960; 1960 - 1961; 1961 - 1962; 1963 - 1964; 1964 - 1965; 1965 - 1966; 1966 - 1967

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Reynolds, Joyce Maire, 1953 - 1990, Academic years: 1958 - 1959; 1959 - 1960; 1960 - 1961; 1961 - 1962; 1963 - 1964; 1964 - 1965; 1965 - 1966; 1966 - 1967

Reference number: AR-02.03.02/67
Scope and Contents Documents from this file include: 1 file: invitation letter by A. James to rejoin the Faculty for a further term of four years; letter of acceptance from Joyce Reynolds; correspondence about future meetings, papers and reference to two young scholars competing for the Rome Scholarship: D. B. Whitehouse and J. B. Onians; mention of copies of Papers of the British School at Rome sent to Faculty members and Faculty's Annual report; various letters concerning the Rome Scholarship...
Dates: Record Keeping: 1953 - 1990; Academic years: 1958 - 1959; 1959 - 1960; 1960 - 1961; 1961 - 1962; 1963 - 1964; 1964 - 1965; 1965 - 1966; 1966 - 1967

Reynolds, Joyce Maire, 1946 - 1987, Academic years: 1946 - 1947; 1947 - 1948

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Reynolds, Joyce Maire, 1946 - 1987, Academic years: 1946 - 1947; 1947 - 1948

Reference number: AR-01.01.02/7
Scope and Contents

Documents from this file include: correspondence between Joyce Reynolds and the FAHL's Secretary; correspondence between Reynolds and the BSR Honorary General Secretary; reference letters; a letter of introduction on her field of study that was on the development of the Equestrian Order from the time of Claudius.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1946 - 1987; Academic years: 1946 - 1947; 1947 - 1948

Robert Gardner Collection

 Collection

Robert Gardner Collection

Reference number: PA-RG
Abstract

Private collection of photographs and negatives by Robert Gardner (1889-1972), British classicist and academic.

Dates: 1913-1925?