Joseph Wells (30 December 1855 – 1929) was a British

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and

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academic, where he served as

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from 1923 to 1926. Educated at

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and

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, Wells became a tutor in 1883 and then in 1913

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, Oxford.The Degree Ceremonies of Oxford University — Part 1

Selected publications

Articles

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Books

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Oxford and its Colleges, etc.
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''A Short History of Rome to the Death of Augustus''
(1896) *
Wadham College
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The Oxford Degree Ceremony
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(1906)
''The Charm of Oxford''
(1920) * ed. (with W. W. How) ''Herodotus'' (2 vols) *''Studies in Herodotus'', 1923

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* * 1855 births 1929 deaths English non-fiction writers Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford People educated at Reading School Wardens of Wadham College, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford English male non-fiction writers {{UOxford-stub