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"FRANCIS JOHN HAVERFIELD (1860-1919), English historian and archaeologist, was born at Shipston-on-Stour Nov. 8 1860. He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, and after some years as a schoolmaster was appointed tutor of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1891, and official student in 1893. He became a great 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 (see 18.683). In 1907 he was elected Camden professor of ancient history at Oxford. He was a fellow of the British Academy and a member of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments, England; he was also first president of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. He died at Oxford Sept. 1 1919. Amongst his publications were The Romanization of Roman Britain (3rd ed. 1915); Ancient Town Planning (1913) and many monographs on Roman history.