Thomas Rice Edward Holmes, FBA (24 May 1855 – 4 August 1933), who usually published his works under the names T. Rice Holmes or T.R.E. Holmes, was a scholar best known for his extensive and "fundamental" work on

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and his Gallic War commentaries. Holmes was born at Moycashel (today

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), Ireland. He was the fifth son of Robert Holmes, a

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and a descendant of

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, a friend of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. Holmes was educated at

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and

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. He was assistant master at

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(1878–80), Blackheath Proprietary School (1880–85), and St. Paul's School (beginning in 1886). In 1888, he married Isabel Isaacs, the daughter of Lionel Isaacs of Mandeville, Jamaica. They lived at 11 Douro Place,

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. In addition to his books, Holmes published a number of articles in the '' English Historical Review'', ''

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'', and other journals. He died at age 78 in Roehampton, London.

Books

* ''A History of the Indian Mutiny'' (1888)
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* ''Four Famous Soldiers'' (1889) * ''Caesar's Conquest of Gaul: An Historical Narrative'' (1903)
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* ''Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar'' (1907)
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review by H. Stuart Jones, ''English Historical Review'' 24 (1909) a

* as translator:
''Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War''
(1908) * ''The Roman Republic and the Founder of the Empire'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928)
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Articles

Holmes wrote several articles, and Bill Thayer has documented "a flurry of argument and counter-argument" among Holmes and other scholars on the identity of the Portus Itius named by Caesar.Bill Thayer
notes
to the entry "Portus Itius" in the

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at LacusCurtius. These appear at LacusCurtius in

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editions: *F.J. Haverfield, review of Holmes' ''Caesar's Conquest of Gaul'' (1899) and Camille Jullian's ''

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'' (1901), ''English Historical Review'' 18 (1903) 332–33

*T. Rice Holmes, "Last Words on Portus Itius," ''Classical Review'' 23 (May 1909) 77–8

* H. Stuart Jones takes Holmes to task while reviewing ''Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar'' in ''English Historical Review'' 24 (1909) 115–116 and 60

* T. Rice Holmes, "An Explanation," ''Classical Review'' 26 (March 1912) 7

* F.J. Haverfield, "Portius Itius," ''Classical Review'' 27 (December 1913) 258–26

*T. Rice Holmes, "F.H. on Portius Itius," ''Classical Review'' 28 (March 1914) 45–4

* F.J. Haverfield, "Portus Itius," ''Classical Review'' 28 (May 1914) 82–8

*T. Rice Holmes, "Portus Itius," ''Classical Review'' 28 (September 1914) 193–19

* E.E. Genner, "Portus Itius," ''Classical Review'' 32 (May 1918) 7

Holmes' "The Battle-field of Old Pharsalus," ''Classical Quarterly'' 2 (1908) 271–292 is also republished at LacusCurtiu

Biographical sources

* ''Nature'' 132 (2 September 1933) 342, obituary
partial text
*''Who's Who 1900'' (London: Adam & Charles Black, 1900), vol. 52, p. 53
online.

Notes

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, T. Rice 1855 births 1933 deaths British classical scholars Scholars of Roman history Julius Caesar People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People from Castletown Geoghegan