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.

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