John E. H. Spaul

John Edward Houghton Spaul (1926–2018), sometimes known professionally as J. E. H. Spaul, was a British ancient historian and epigrapher. Much of his work focused on the Army of the Roman Empire, though he was also interested in the local history of Andover, Hampshire.

Education Spaul was born in Oakham in Rutland. He studied at Durham University, where he edited Palatinate during Michaelmas term of 1948; and stayed on to complete a Diploma of Education (1951). By 1954, he was teaching at Giggleswick School. After some six years of study concurrent to his teaching career, he earned his MLitt (1958) from Durham. His thesis, supervised by Eric Birley, was on the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.

Career For a period of three years in the 1960s Spaul lived in Blantyre, Malawi, where he was a history teacher at the University of Malawi, before returning to the United Kingdom and settling in Longparish, near Andover, Hampshire.

Publications Books

Journal articles

Family life In July 1960 he married Marion Spaul (née Nelder), who died in January 2021.