Joseph Wells (academic)

Joseph Wells (30 December 1855 – 1929) was a British author and Oxford academic, where he served as vice-chancellor from 1923 to 1926.[1]

Joseph Wells
Joseph Wells, 1924, by Glyn Philpot
Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Oxford
In office
1923–1926
Preceded byLewis Richard Farnell
Succeeded byFrancis William Pember
Personal details
Born1855
Died1929
Alma materthe Queen's College, Oxford

Educated at Reading School and the Queen's College, Oxford, Wells became a tutor in 1883[2] and then in 1913 Warden of Wadham College, Oxford.[3]

Selected publications

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Articles

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  • Wells, J. (1907). "The Persian Friends of Herodotus". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 27: 37–47. doi:10.2307/624403. JSTOR 624403.
  • "The Genuineness of the Γῆς περίοδος of Hecataeus". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 29 (1): 41–52. 1909. doi:10.2307/624641. JSTOR 624641.
  • "Cicero and the Conquest of Gaul". The Quarterly Review. 230: 361–379. October 1918.
  • Wells, J. (October 1928). "Herodotus and Athens". Classical Philology. 23 (4): 317–331. doi:10.1086/361074. S2CID 162214786.

Books

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References

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Academic offices
Preceded by Warden of Wadham College, Oxford
1913–1927
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
1923–1926
Succeeded by