Joseph Wells (academic)

Joseph Wells
Joseph Wells, 1924, by Glyn Philpot
Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Oxford
In office
1923–1926
Preceded by Lewis Richard Farnell
Succeeded by Francis William Pember
Personal details
Born 1855
Died 1929
Alma mater the Queen's College, Oxford

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

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

Articles

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

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Wells, Joseph". Who's Who: 2602. 1919.
  3. ↑ The Degree Ceremonies of Oxford University — Part 1.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Patrick Arckley Wright-Henderson		 Warden of Wadham College, Oxford
1913–1927		 Succeeded by
John Frederick Stenning
Preceded by
Lewis Richard Farnell		 Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
1923–1926		 Succeeded by
Francis William Pember


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