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SJCR/SJAC/1/2/Heitland
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- 1883-1892 (Creation)
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20 files and 3 items. Paper
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Biographical history
Heitland was born in 1847 in Colkirk, Norfolk, and was educated at Dedham Grammar School and Shrewsbury School. Being the son of an unsuccessful gentleman farmer he had to rely on a scholarship to enter St John's College. Heitland graduated BA as Senior Classic in 1871 and was immediately elected a Fellow of the College. He was College Lecturer in classics 1871-85 and Tutor 1883-93. Heitland was a prolific author, mostly of classical works. His most distinguished publications were 'Agricola' (1921), on agricultural labour in antiquity, and the 'History of the Roman Republic' (1909), which in its day was compared to Mommsen's great work. In 1901 Heitland married the daughter of the Master of St John's, Henry Bateson. Margaret Bateson was a journalist and stalwart of the suffragette movement. Heitland died in 1935.
Obituary in The Eagle: Vol 49, Mich 1935, p119
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Includes: documents relating to the admission of new undergraduates.
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Also includes printed list and hand-written list of Heitland's pupils (filed in Heitland/1/A).