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Charles Reginald Haines
A scholar, schoolmaster, and translator with wide-ranging interests, he wrote on subjects as varied as Roman philosophy, medieval history, Islam in Spain, and even birds. His work blends a classical education with a lively curiosity about religion, history, and the wider world.
2 Audiobooks
Christianity and Islam in Spain, A.D. 756-1031
by Charles Reginald Haines
A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade
by Charles Reginald Haines
About the author
Charles Reginald Haines was a British scholar and author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Reliable sources from this search identify him as Master of Dover College and note that he lived from 1876 to 1935. His surviving bibliography shows an unusually broad range: he wrote Christianity and Islam in Spain, Islam as a Missionary Religion, Dover Priory, and Jeane la Pucelle, the Maid of Orleans, along with literary and historical studies.
He is also remembered for his classical scholarship. His name is closely associated with translations and editions of major Roman writers, including Marcus Aurelius and Fronto, which helped bring classical texts to English-speaking readers in accessible form. That combination of historian, translator, and teacher gives his work a thoughtful but readable character.
Taken together, his books suggest a writer drawn to big civilizational questions as well as local and personal history. Whether he was writing about faith, empire, medieval institutions, or the ancient world, he seems to have approached each subject with the habits of a careful schoolman and a genuinely curious mind.