HAVERFIELD, FRANCIS JOHN English historian and archaeologist, was born at Shipston-on-Stour on Nov. $, 186o. Educated at Winchester and New college, Oxford, he became a tutor at Christ Church in 1891, and Camden professor of ancient history in 1907. Haverfield was an authority on the history and antiquities of Roman Britain, and was entrusted by Mommsen with the editing of the British section of the Corpus Inscriptionum. He died at Oxford on Sept. 1, 1919. Amongst his publications were The Romanization of Roman Britain (1905, 4th ed. 1923), Ancient Town Planning (1913), and many mono graphs on Roman history.
For a bibliography of his works see The Journal of Roman Studies, vol. viii.