Sir John Linton Myres (1869-1954) was an archaeologist and historian. He was Wykeham Professor of Ancient History at Oxford University, 1910-39. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Topographical collections for Buckinghamshire parishes, compiled by J.L. Myres, 1891-2, arranged alphabetically (Aston Cinton-Mursley, and Olney-Winslow), with notes on Grim's Ditch.

Given to the Library by J.N.L. Myres in 1960.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 53790-1.

See also the Papers of Sir John Linton Myres (MSS. Myres 1-132).

Earthworks (Archaeology) | England | Buckinghamshire

Myres | Sir | John Linton | 1869-1954 | knight, historian, and archaeologist

Buckinghamshire (England)