Cecil Torr

Cecil Torr (11 October 1857, Mitcham, London – 17 December 1928) was a British antiquarian and author.[1]

After education at Harrow School, Cecil Torr matriculated on 7 June 1876 at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating there B.A. 1880 and M.A. 1883. He was admitted in 1879 at the Inner Temple and was called to the Bar in 1882.

He lived in Wreyland, Dartmoor and wrote Small Talk at Wreyland (3 vols., 1918–1923); the first volume was an unexpected commercial success.[2] His 1894 book Ancient Ships deals with the structure of ships that sailed the Mediterranean in 1000 B.C. – 1000 A.D.[3]

Selected publications
  • Rhodes in ancient times. Cambridge University Press. 1885.
  • Ancient Ships. Cambridge University Press. 1894. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  • Interpretation of Greek music. 1896.
  • Memphis and Mycenae: an examination of Egyptian chronology and its application to the early history of Greece. Cambridge University Press. 1896.
  • On portraits of Christ in the British museum. 1898.
  • Small Talk at Wreyland. vol. I. Cambridge University Press. 1918.[4]
  • Small Talk at Wreyland. vol. II. Cambridge University Press. 1921.[5]
  • Hannibal crosses the Alps. Cambridge University Press. 1924.

References
  1. "Torr, Cecil (TR876C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. McKitterick, David, ed. (1992). A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 3, New Worlds for Learning, 1873–1972. p. 260.
  3. "Review of Ancient Ships by Cecil Torr, M.A." The Athenaeum (No.3492): 426. 29 September 1894.
  4. "Review of Small Talk at Wreyland (vol. I) by Cecil Torr". The Athenaeum (No. 4633): 393–394. September 1918.
  5. "More Small Talk at Wreyland". The Spectator. 127. 26 November 1921. pp. 707–708.
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