William Emerton Heitland (21 December 1847 – 23 June 1935) was an English classicist at Cambridge University who was described as having a passionate desire to attain the truth.

Life

Heitland's father, Arthur Allan Heitland, youngest child of Major William Peter Heitland of the

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, was a farmer and his mother, Mary Browne of ''Colkirk House'',

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of Nowers Manor in

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, was the daughter of Riches Repps Browne (1791-1823) more commonly known as Repps Browne, a Norfolk gentleman by his wife Mary Jex (1800-1839) of

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in Norfolk. Heitland was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1867, a

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scholar, 1869,

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(Senior Classic), 1871,

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, 1874, Fellow, 1871-1935 and Tutor, 1883-93. He married Margaret Bateson at Marylebone in 1901, she was the daughter of William Henry Bateson, master of St John's College in 1901; she lived between 1860 and 1938. He is buried in the

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, Cambridge. with his wife Margaret Heitland, a journalist and stalwart of the

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movement. At the time of his death, his estate was valued at £26519 4s. 4d. One third of the residue of Heitland estate help establishing a

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named after him.

Published works

*''A Letter to a Lady; or, A Word with the Female Anti-Suffragists''. Cambridge: Elijah Johnson, 1908. *''A Short History of the Roman Republic''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1911. *''“Democratic”: a Discursive Study''. Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1915. *''If We Win: a Search for a Path to Stable Peace''. Cambridge: Elijah Johnson, 1915. *''Agricola: a Study of Agriculture and Rustic Life in the Greco-Roman World from the Point of View of Labour''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1921. *''The Roman Fate: an Essay in Interpretation''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922. *''Iterum; or, A Further Discussion of the Roman Fate''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925. *''After Many Years: a Tale of Experiences and Impressions Gathered in the Course of an Obscure Life''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1926. *''Last Words on the Roman Municipalities''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1928. *''Repetita: an Unwilling Restatement of Views on the Subject of the Roman Municipalities''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930.

Relatives

British engraver John Browne (1742-1801). American born illustrator and watercolor artist Wilmot Emerton Heitland, N.A. (1893-1969) was his nephew, some of his paintings are on display at the

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, the

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and the Philadelphia Museum School of Art.

Legacy

The Heitland Fund,"Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge", published by University of Cambridge, 2009, p.815 capital and income at the disposal of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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* 1847 births 1935 deaths English classical scholars British Latinists Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge {{UK-academic-bio-stub