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Reid, James Smith, 1846-1926 (historian)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1846 - 1926

Biography

James Smith Reid (1846-1926), historian, was born at Sorn, Ayrshire, on 3 May 1846. He was educated first in Arbroath and then at the City of London School, and entered Christ's College, Cambridge, as a scholar in 1865. While studying classics Reid also studied law, and was Whewell scholar in 1870 and graduated LLM in 1872. From 1873 to 1878 and again from 1880 to 1885 Reid was classical lecturer at Pembroke College, and in 1878, he was elected to a fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, where he remained a fellow for forty-four years. In 1899 he was elected first professor of ancient history in the university, and held this chair until 1925. He died at Cambridge on 1 April 1926.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Cod[ex] Vaticanus (Aristotle's Ethics): Letters concerning a Greek MS in the Vatican Library, 1883

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5944/38
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1883
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Artificial Collection of Papers
 Fonds

Correspondence of Professor Henry Jackson concerning the Acton Library

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7720
Scope and Contents In 1890 Lord Acton, whose financial affairs were in a state of some embarrassment, decided to sell his vast historical library at auction, and the first part of what was to have been a many-volumed catalogue was issued by Messrs Puttick & Simpson, containing 2,400 lots to be sold on eight days in July. Before this sale took place, Andrew Carnegie had (at the suggestion of Acton's friend and political mentor Gladstone) purchased the entire library, and allowed Acton to retain possession...
Dates: 1902-1903
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library
 Fonds

James Smith Reid: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson and F.W. Maitland, 1899-1902

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1165-1166
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1899-1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Miscellaneous Accessions
 File

Letter from J.S. Reid to Henry Jackson, The Croft, 19 Apr. 1883

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5944/38/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 19 Apr. 1883
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Artificial Collection of Papers / Cod[ex] Vaticanus (Aristotle's Ethics): Letters concerning a Greek MS in the Vatican Library
 File

Letter from M.C. Cullinan to J.S. Reid, Palazzo Pandolfi, Rome, 14 Apr. 1883

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5944/38/2
Scope and Contents

With notes on Vatican MS 1342 compared with an unspecified Cambridge MS

Dates: 14 Apr. 1883
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Artificial Collection of Papers / Cod[ex] Vaticanus (Aristotle's Ethics): Letters concerning a Greek MS in the Vatican Library
 Fonds

Plautus: Pseudolus

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6591
Scope and Contents

A prose translation into English of Plautus's play Pseudolus by J.S. Reid, 265 folios: (fo. 3) title-page; (fo. 4) translation; (fo. 82) notes. The text is written on the recto only, with notes written on the recto of alternate leaves.

Dates: 1895
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library

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