P. K. Baillie Reynolds
British historian & Monuments man
About P. K. Baillie Reynolds
Lived 1896 – 1973 (aged 76–77). P. K. Baillie Reynolds was a historian, archaeologist and classical archaeologist.
Paul Kenneth Baillie Reynolds, CBE (1896–1973) was a British classical scholar and archaeologist who studied specialised Roman troops such as the frumentarii and the vigiles.
He was the son of Louis Baillie Reynolds, a stockbroker, and novelist Gertrude Minnie Robins. He studied at Hertford College, Oxford between 1915 and 1919, his studies being interrupted by World War I. He served in the Royal Artillery.
By 1921, he had become a Pelham student at the British School in Rome. While Rome he wrote books and articles for which he is well remembered (e.g., The Troops Quartered in the Castra Peregrina JRS 13 1923, pages 168–87; The Vigiles of Imperial Rome, Oxford 1926). Baillie Reynolds extensively researched the remains of ancient Rome's aqueducts. He stayed at Rome until 1923.
His last significant task was to oversee repairs to the Aqua Claudia aqueduct in Rome, which ran through the grounds of the British Embassy. A report of this work was published in the journal Archaeologia Volume 100, 1966. It was his last publication, and he died in 1973.
Known publications Publications below are listed in order of first known date of publication. Known subsequent publication dates are mentioned at the end of each listing.
Originally published in 1926 by Oxford University Press, London. 133 pages.
OCLC 21886380 (for 1986 publication). Other publication dates found: 1937, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1975. . Other publication dates found: 1946, 1959, 1977. Full text of 1959 edition at Internet Archive. 282 pages. Baillie Reynolds' reports were originally published in Archaeologia Cambrensis. They included: ‘The coarse pottery’, originally published as the 6th interim report, Archaeologia Cambrensis, 89 37–82 Other reports from Archaeologia Cambrensis, 82–91 (1927–36);
Part of the Ancient monuments and historic buildings series, published by Ministry of Public Building and Works, via H.M.S.O. . Also published as Thornton Abbey, Humberside. , 24 pages. Also published 1976, Part of the Ancient monuments and historic buildings series, published by Ministry of Public Building and Works, via H.M.S.O. Other publication dates found: 1965, 1968, 1978. (for 1978) . Also (Note: not all isbn search engines yield results using just the ISBN. Internet Book Database, Shelfari do yield the correct title. A search using P.K. Baillie Reynolds on Worldcat yields his known publications, including this title).
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British historian & Monuments man (1896–1973)
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P. K. Baillie Reynolds was born in 1896.
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P. K. Baillie Reynolds died in 1973.
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P. K. Baillie Reynolds was a historian, archaeologist and classical archaeologist.
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