John Edward Houghton Spaul[1] (1926–2018), sometimes known professionally as J. E. H. Spaul, was a British ancient historian[2] and epigrapher. Much of his work focused on the Army of the Roman Empire.
John Edward Houghton Spaul | |
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Born | 1926 |
Died | 2018 |
Other names | J. E. H. Spaul (when writing) |
Alma mater | Durham University |
Known for | Roman historian and author |
Spouse |
Marion Spaul (m. 1960) |
Spaul was born in Oakham in Rutland.[3] He studied at Durham University, where he edited Palatinate during Michaelmas term of 1948; and stayed on to complete a Diploma of Education (1951). By 1954, he was teaching at Giggleswick School.[4] After some six years of study concurrent to his teaching career, he earned his MLitt (1958) from Durham.[1][5] His thesis, supervised by Eric Birley, was on the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.[6]
For a period of three years in the 1960s Spaul lived in Blantyre, Malawi, where he was a history teacher at the University of Malawi, before returning to the United Kingdom and settling in Longparish, near Andover, Hampshire.[7]
In July 1960 he married Marion Spaul (née Nelder),[7] who died in January 2021.[7]