Felix Oswald

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Felix Arthur Clair Oswald (born November 3, 1866 in London , † November 3, 1958 ) was an English geologist and archaeologist who carried out fundamental research on the Roman terra sigillata .

Felix Oswald, son of Eugene Oswald , studied at the University of London (BA) and then worked in the public sector.

In 1898 he accompanied Harry Finis Blosse Lynch as a geologist on his journey through Turkish Armenia . This resulted in his book A Treatise on the Geology of Armenia , with which he earned his doctorate from the University of London . In 1907 he became a Fellow of the Geological Society of London . In 1911 he toured Central Africa on behalf of the British Museum . In 1914 he traveled to the Caucasus on behalf of the Russian government to look for other oil wells . This resulted in his geological map of the Caucasus.

Until his retirement in 1936, he worked as a "Probate Registrar" for the East Midlands in Nottingham . If he had been interested in the Roman provincial legacies of England since his youth, he was now able to carry out excavations in Margidunum since 1911 . The research of the Roman terra sigillata became his specialty , here he presented indices of the potter's stamps and the figurative hallmarks in addition to a long-term fundamental introduction.

The University of Nottingham named him "Honorary Reader of the History of Roman Britain".

Publications (selection)

  • A Treatise on the Geology of Armenia. London 1906 full text
  • A geological map of the Caucasus. London 1914
  • Alone In The Sleeping-Sickness Country. London 1915 full text
  • with T. Davies Pryce: An introduction to the study of Terra Sigillata. Treated from a chronological standpoint. Longman, London et al. 1920 (Republished with a preface and corrigenda & addenda by Grace Simpson. Gregg, London 1966) full text
  • Index of Potters' Stamps on Terra Sigillata. East Bridgford 1931 (reprinted London 1964)
  • Index of Figure Types on Terra Sigillata. East Bridgford 1937 (reprinted London 1964)

literature

  • The Times No. 54301 (November 6, 1958) p. 15
  • University of Nottingham Gazette No 30 (January 1959) p. 476.
  • Henry Hurd Swinnerton: Dr. Felix Oswald. In: Nature 182, 4649 (1958) p. 1549. Full text

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personal data
SURNAME Oswald, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oswald, Felix Arthur Clair (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British geologist and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 1958