author
H. B. (Henry Beauchamp) Walters
1867–1944
Best known as a British classical archaeologist and museum scholar, he wrote clear, wide-ranging books on Greek art, pottery, and church bells while building a long career at the British Museum. His work helped make ancient objects more approachable for general readers as well as specialists.
3 Audiobooks
Church Bells
by H. B. (Henry Beauchamp) Walters
History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 2 (of 2)
by H. B. (Henry Beauchamp) Walters, Samuel Birch
History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 1 (of 2)
by H. B. (Henry Beauchamp) Walters, Samuel Birch
About the author
Born in Oldham in 1867, Henry Beauchamp Walters was educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge. He became a classical archaeologist and spent most of his professional life at the British Museum, where he eventually served as Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities before retiring in 1932.
Walters wrote extensively on the ancient world, especially Greek art, vases, bronzes, and Roman pottery. His bibliography also reaches beyond museum catalogues into more general books, which helps explain why his name still appears in libraries and digital collections today.
Alongside his archaeological work, he is also remembered for writing on church bells and bell-founding. He died in 1944, leaving behind a body of scholarship that connects careful museum research with readable introductions for curious listeners and readers.