Samuel Edward Winbolt (1868–1944)[1] was a British classics and history teacher, author and amateur archaeologist.

S E Winbolt

He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he subsequently returned as a master in classics and history. Whilst there he published some educational editions of the classics and other works on history and English literature. His classical training naturally turned his attention to Roman history and archaeology, which led him to spend much time in British and continental museums, and on which he gave BBC talks.

He began practical archaeological excavations in 1922 and went on to unearth four Roman villas,[2] a Romano-Celtic Temple on Farley Heath, Surrey[3] and two Roman posting stations, made countless sections of Roman roads and found and dug a score of medieval glasshouse sites. Added to this he investigated six Early Iron Age camps in Sussex, Surrey and Kent. He also wrote four titles in the Penguin Guides series, which provided post-war touring guides to the English counties.

Bibliography

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Title Publisher Publication Date Notes
English Poetry for the Young Blackie and Son 1904
The Latin Hexameter: Hints for Sixth Forms Blackie and Son 1906
The Virgil Pocket Book Archibald Constable and Company 1907 Arranged by S. E. Winbolt
England and Napoleon (1801-1815) G. Bell & Sons 1912
American independence and the French Revolution (1760-1801) G. Bell & Sons 1912
Spenser & Shelley & their Poetry George G. Harrap & Company 1912
Dialogues of Roman Life G. Bell & Sons 1913 Text on Wikisource
The Horace Pocket Book G. Bell & Sons 1914 Arranged by S. E. Winbolt
Spenser & his Poetry George G. Harrap & Company 1918
The Poetry And Prose Of Coleridge Lamb And Leigh Hunt W J Bryce 1920 Edited by S. E. Winbolt
Poems By Alfred Lord Tennyson G. Bell & Sons 1923 Edited by S. E. Winbolt
Roman Folkestone Methuen & Co 1925
Excavation at Farley Heath, Albury, 1926 Surrey Archaeological Collections 1926 https://archive.org/details/p2surreyarchaeol37surr/page/180/mode/2up
A Survey of English Grammar Blackie and Son
Bell's Pocket Guide to Somerset G. Bell & Sons 1929
Bell's Pocket Guide to Devon G. Bell & Sons 1929
Bell's Pocket Guide to Kent G. Bell & Sons 1930
Bell's Pocket guide to The Chilterns and the Thames Valley (from Iffley to Staines) G. Bell & Sons 1932
Dry Hill Camp, Lingfield Surrey Archaeological Collections 1933 Pamphlet co-written with I. D. Margary
Wealden Glass. The Surrey-Sussex Glass Industry (A.D. 1226–1615) Combridges, Hove 1933
With A Spade On Stane Street Methuen 1936
Britain B.C. Penguin 1943
Britain under the Romans Penguin 1945
Penguin Guides - Kent, Sussex & Surrey Penguin 1939
Penguin Guides - Somerset Penguin 1939
Penguin Guides - Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Penguin 1949
Penguin Guides - Herts and Bucks Penguin 1949
The Roman Villa at Bignor, Sussex: With a Plan of the Villa Tallyer Ltd 1963 Co-written with George Herbert Moore
The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin Horsham Sussex Church Publishers 1968 Pamphlet

References

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  1. ^ Margary, I.D. (29 April 1944). "Mr. S. E. Winbolt". Nature. 153 (3887): 518. doi:10.1038/153518b0. S2CID 4111126.
  2. ^ "S.E. Winbolt (1868-1944)". kent-maps.online. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ Winbolt, S E (1926). "Excavations at Farley Heath, Albury, 1926". Surrey Archaeological Collections. XXXVII: 180–199 – via Internet Archive.