Visions of Rome : Thomas Ashby, archaeologist / by Richard Hodges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodges, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931.

Ashby, Thomas.

Archaeologists--Great Britain--Biography.

Archaeologists.

Great Britain.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Rome.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Italy--Rome.

British School at Rome.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 134 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Thomas Ashby, archaeologist

Place of Publication:

London : British School at Rome, 2000.

Summary:

Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), the first scholar and third Director of the British School at Rome died tragically when he tumbled from a train. His 'The Roman Campagna in Classical Times' remains a classic work of topographic research. This book, written by another former Director, tells the story of his life as an academic, as the Director responsible for building the British School at Rome in the Valle Giulia, as an ambulance driver in the First World War, as an avid photographer and, in the author's view, as the victim of the British tendency towards dark moral judgement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [116]-127) and index.

ISBN:

0904152340

OCLC:

46395408